UNITED STATES v. RICKERT

No. 71-1521.

459 F.2d 352 (1972)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. William M. RICKERT, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 30, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry M. Hobbs, Tampa, Fla., for defendant-appellant.

John L. Briggs, U. S. Atty., Bernard H. Dempsey, Jr., Claude H. Tison, Asst. U. S. Attys., Tampa, Fla., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge, INGRAHAM and RONEY, Circuit Judges.


RONEY, Circuit Judge:

Defendant was convicted on ten counts of embezzling and willfully misapplying funds belonging to a bank of which he was president. 18 U.S.C. § 656.1

The defendant seeks reversal on three grounds: first, the jury was infected with prejudicial material in a newspaper release made during the trial; second, the evidence did not sustain the charges as contained in the indictment that the defendant converted...

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