DRYDEN v. UNITED STATES

No. 15995.

237 F.2d 517 (1956)

William Fred DRYDEN, Sam Alta Dryden, Newman Grady Albright, Edward E. Jackson, Luther Tate Conner and James Daniel, Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied November 26, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wesley R. Asinof, Atlanta, Ga., Walter D. Sanders, Newnan, Ga., Donald B. Howe, Buchanan, Ga., for appellants.

John W. Stokes, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., James W. Dorsey, U. S. Atty., Atlanta, Ga., for appellee.

Before TUTTLE, CAMERON and JONES, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

This appeal presents as the sole allegation of error the trial court's permitting a government witness, whose impeachment had been sought, to attempt to explain away on redirect examination two state court convictions. Appellants contend that once they have drawn from a witness the damaging admission that he has been convicted, it was reversible error for the witness to be permitted to explain away the effect of such convictions.

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