WILLIAMS v. UNITED STATES

No. 16046.

239 F.2d 748 (1957)

Leonard WILLIAMS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied February 20, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

No appearance entered for appellant.

William N. Hamilton, William O. Braecklein, Asst. U. S. Attys., Dallas, Tex., Heard L. Floore, U. S. Atty., Fort Worth, Tex., for appellee.

Before CAMERON, JONES and BROWN, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

The major contention of appellant raised on this appeal from a perjury conviction and judgment imposing a sentence of five years imprisonment is that appellant was denied a fair trial because the indictment charging perjury put before the jury that appellant had been convicted "upon his plea of guilty * * * to a charge of violating Sections 2113(a) and (d) of Title 18, United States Code * * *"

Appellant had petitioned the District Court for a...

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