Court Opinion

ID: 9445075
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-03 21:19:06.042528+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:30:06.181618
License: Public Domain

POPE, Circuit Judge
(concurs).
I concur in Judge Denman’s opinion but I do not join in any implied' criticism of the remarks made by the Government attorney to the effect that he disbelieved defendant’s story about using the seeds for tea. I think that the quoted remarks fairly interpreted meant no more than the statement of the attorney that since defendant was-growing narcotic plants it was probable that the defendant was using the seeds for this purpose rather than for brewing tea. It is true that the trial court out of an appropriate abundance of caution instructed the jury that there was no evidence that defendant was a user of narcotics, but I do not believe the United States Attorney’s remarks could properly be construed to say that.