BROWN v. UNITED STATES

No. 17287.

277 F.2d 573 (1960)

Lee BROWN, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

April 21, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James D. McGovern, Jr., New Orleans, La., for appellant.

M. Hepburn Many, U. S. Atty., New Orleans, La., for appellee.

Before TUTTLE, BROWN and WISDOM, Circuit Judges.


TUTTLE, Circuit Judge.

This appeal from a conviction for falsely making and filing a non-Communist affidavit raises only one serious issue: was there reversible error in the Trial Court's charge that the making, using or filing element of the offense would be satisfied if the jury found that Appellant "made, or if he used, or if he filed this document * * *?"

Although numerous grounds of appeal are here raised by the Appellant touching on adequacy of proof...

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