Morris Orlando McGregor v. United States

Fifth Circuit

Morris Orlando McGregor v. United States

422 F.2d 925, 1970 U.S. App. LEXIS 10603

CourtCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

DecidedFebruary 20, 1970

Docket27309_1

StatusPublished

Cited by16 cases

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Morris Orlando McGregor v. United States, 422 F.2d 925, 1970 U.S. App. LEXIS 10603 (5th Cir. 1970).

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PER CURIAM:

McGregor was convicted by a jury under a four count indictment which charged him with selling and dispensing a narcotic drug in violation of 26 U.S.C.A. §§ 4704(a) and 4705(a). We affirm.

McGregor’s argument that a six and one-half month delay between the time of the offense and the return of the indictment denied him the right to a speedy trial is unavailing. Delay in indictment, “so long as the applicable statute of limitations is followed, does not amount to a Sixth Amendment violation. In other words, the statute is controlling.” United States v. Grayson, 5 Cir. 1969, 416 F.2d 1073; McConnell v. United States, 5 Cir. 1968, 402 F.2d 852, cert. denied, 394 U.S. 933, 89 S.Ct. 1208, 22 L.Ed.2d 464; Harlow v. United Stated, 5 Cir. 1962, 301 F.2d 361.

McGregor next complains tháí the hearsay testimony of a government agent concerning what a co-defendant told the agent in the absence of the defendant should have been but was not excluded. The statement of the co-defendant took place during a sale of ilarcotic tablets which formed part of the offenses charged against both McGregor and his co-defendant and was made in furtherance of the joint efforts .of both defendants to commit the crime charged. In these circumstances the statement was clearly admissible. Holsen v. United States, 5 Cir. *926 1968, 392 F.2d. 292; Lott v. United States, 5 Cir. 1952, 230 F.2d. 915. Ñor can McGregor get any comfort out of Bruton v. United States, 1967, 391 U.S. 123, 88 S.Ct. 1620, 20 L.Ed.2d 476, which, he argues, compelled the granting of his motion for a severance. The statement complained of was not a post crime confession of the co-defendant implicating McGregor, as in Bruton, but was made during the actual commission of the crime.

We have considered and find without merit McGregor’s further assertions of error that his cross-examination of a witness was unduly limited, that the government’s redirect examination of the witness was unduly broad, and that the Court’s instruction on entrapment was erroneous.

Affirmed.

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PER CURIAM:

McGregor was convicted by a jury under a four count indictment which charged him with selling and dispensing a narcotic drug in violation of 26 U.S.C.A. §§ 4704(a) and 4705(a). We affirm.

McGregor’s argument that a six and one-half month delay between the time of the offense and the return of the indictment denied him the right to a speedy trial is unavailing. Delay in indictment, “so long as the applicable statute of limitations is followed, does not amount to a Sixth Amendment violation. In other words, the statute is controlling.” United States v. Grayson, 5 Cir. 1969, 416 F.2d 1073; McConnell v. United States, 5 Cir. 1968, 402 F.2d 852, cert. denied, 394 U.S. 933, 89 S.Ct. 1208, 22 L.Ed.2d 464; Harlow v. United Stated, 5 Cir. 1962, 301 F.2d 361.

McGregor next complains tháí the hearsay testimony of a government agent concerning what a co-defendant told the agent in the absence of the defendant should have been but was not excluded. The statement of the co-defendant took place during a sale of ilarcotic tablets which formed part of the offenses charged against both McGregor and his co-defendant and was made in furtherance of the joint efforts .of both defendants to commit the crime charged. In these circumstances the statement was clearly admissible. Holsen v. United States, 5 Cir. *926 1968, 392 F.2d. 292; Lott v. United States, 5 Cir. 1952, 230 F.2d. 915. Ñor can McGregor get any comfort out of Bruton v. United States, 1967, 391 U.S. 123, 88 S.Ct. 1620, 20 L.Ed.2d 476, which, he argues, compelled the granting of his motion for a severance. The statement complained of was not a post crime confession of the co-defendant implicating McGregor, as in Bruton, but was made during the actual commission of the crime.

We have considered and find without merit McGregor’s further assertions of error that his cross-examination of a witness was unduly limited, that the government’s redirect examination of the witness was unduly broad, and that the Court’s instruction on entrapment was erroneous.

Affirmed.

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