Walder v. United States

347 U.S. 62 (1954)

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Nature of the Case

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Facts

Walder (D) was indicted in 1950 for purchasing and possessing one gram of heroin. That charge was thrown out when the evidence was suppressed. Two years later, D was indicted again for four other illicit transactions. The testimony for the government was from two drug addicts who claimed to have procured the drugs from D. D denied that transactions. Then when questioned in the abstract about his prior dealings with heroin he denied any involvement. However, the government then introduced the evidence from the 1950 indictment. It was allowed in by the trial judge, and the jury was read a limiting instruction. D was convicted, and the Court of Appeals affirmed.