BRASWELL v. UNITED STATES

No. 5064.

224 F.2d 706 (1955)

James Wade BRASWELL, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Tenth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied July 16, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles William Tessmer, Dallas, Tex. (Ralph Samara, Oklahoma City, Okl., on the brief), for appellant.

H. Dale Cook, Asst. U. S. Atty. (Paul W. Cress, U. S. Atty., Oklahoma City, Okl., and George Camp, Asst. U. S. Atty., Sand Springs, Okl., on the brief), for appellee.

Before PHILLIPS, Chief Judge, and HUXMAN and PICKETT, Circuit Judges.


HUXMAN, Circuit Judge.

The appellant, James Wade Braswell, was convicted in the trial court of transporting a firearm in interstate commerce after having previously been convicted of a crime of violence, in violation of 15 U.S.C.A. § 902(e), and was sentenced to five years in prison. He assigns various errors upon which he relies for reversal on this appeal.

The evidence shows substantially the following facts: On the early morning of Saturday, October...

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