HENSLEE v. UNITED STATES

No. 17140.

262 F.2d 750 (1959)

L. Walter HENSLEE, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied February 26, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph W. Cash, Houston, Tex.., T. B. Stubbs, Galveston, Tex., for appellant.

William B. Butler, U. S. Atty., Gordon J. Kroll, Asst. U. S. Atty., Randolph F. Wheless, Jr., Houston, Tex., Randolph F. Wheless, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., Houston, Tex., for appellee.

Before HUTCHESON, Chief Judge, and CAMERON and BROWN, Circuit Judges.


HUTCHESON, Chief Judge.

On defendant's former appeal1 from his conviction, this court, while stating that there was ample evidence as to the offense charged and that we thought that the trial court did not err in construing the law or submitting the case to the jury on the record as made, we did not affirm the conviction on any of the counts. Instead, because of the unjustified and prejudicial publicity which resulted from inappropriate...

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