United States v. Cleophas James Kearney, United States of America v. Eugene Lemon, Jr.

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560 F.2d 1358·1977 U.S. App. LEXIS 11909

United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitAugust 22, 197776-1320, 75-3021California5,986 words

Opinion

Choy, J.

Cleophas James Kearney and Eugene Lemon, Jr. appeal from their convictions for conspiring to illegally import, possess, and distribute a controlled substance, and for unlawfully distributing the same. We affirm.

I. FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS BELOW

Kearney, Lemon, and two co-defendants, Andre Willis King and Fred Neil Powell, were charged in an eight-count indictment with various federal narcotics offenses under 21 U.S.C. §§ 841 (a)(1), 846, 959 and 963. The defendants and several unindicted co-conspirators were accused of planning and executing a scheme to obtain heroin in Thailand, to transport it to Japan via military cargo channels, and then to smuggle it into the United States for ultimate sale and distribution.

In preparation for trial, and pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3503 , the Government deposed Thomas Adams and Thomas Gamble, two unindicted accomplices who were incarcerated in Japan for violations of Japanese narcotics laws. The defendants and their counsel were permitted to attend the deposition proceedings in Japan at Government expense, but they departed on the fourth day of the Adams deposition, complaining of allegedly intolerable circumstances surrounding the taking of the…

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Parties

UNITED STATES of America-
Plaintiff
Cleophas James KEARNEY-
Defendant

Judges

Duniway
Carter
Choy

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