SOWERS v. UNITED STATES

No. 17092.

255 F.2d 239 (1958)

James Cicero SOWERS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

May 20, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wellington Y. Chew, El Paso, Tex., for appellant.

James E. Hammond, Asst. U. S. Atty., El Paso, Tex., for appellee.

Before HUTCHESON, Chief Judge, and TUTTLE and WISDOM, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

This is an appeal from a conviction in a criminal case, the appellant being represented below and here by counsel appointed by the court. Two points are made against the conviction, (1) that his motion for judgment of acquittal should have been granted for want of evidence, and (2) that the court failed to charge the jury fully on circumstantial evidence.

We think it clear that neither of these points is well taken. The indictment and conviction...

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