COPPEDGE v. UNITED STATES

No. 17065.

311 F.2d 128 (1962)

Mark COPPEDGE, Jr., Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided November 15, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Bennett Boskey, Washington, D. C. (appointed by this court), for appellant.

Mr. Arnold T. Aikens, Asst. U. S. Atty., for appellee. Messrs. David C. Acheson, U. S. Atty., and Nathan J. Paulson, Asst. U. S. Atty., at the time of argument, also entered appearances, for appellee.

Messrs. Archibald Cox, Sol. Gen., Herbert J. Miller, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Miss Beatrice Rosenberg and Mr. Sidney M. Glazer, Attys., Dept. of Justice, were on the brief for the United States, filed in the Supreme Court in Coppedge v. United States, 369 U.S. 438, 82 S.Ct. 917, 8 L.Ed.2d 21, which was also considered by the court in this case.

Before FAHY, DANAHER and BURGER, Circuit Judges.


BURGER, Circuit Judge.

Appellant was first convicted in December 19581 on the first ten counts of an indictment; these counts being one for housebreaking, one for larceny and eight counts of forging, uttering and interstate transportation of eight stolen money orders. On appeal this court granted a new trial because of newspaper articles of two local Washington newspapers2 relating to the trial.

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