CONNER v. UNITED STATES

No. 19874.

322 F.2d 647 (1963)

Alvin Grover CONNER, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

September 19, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wesley R. Asinof, Atlanta, Ga., for appellant.

Bobby C. Milam, Asst. U. S. Atty., Atlanta, Ga., Charles L. Goodson, U. S. Atty., for appellee.

Before CAMERON, and WISDOM, Circuit Judges, and DeVANE, District Judge.


CAMERON, Circuit Judge.

The sole question presented by this appeal from a conviction of conspiring to violate the liquor taxing laws is whether the court below committed reversible error in refusing to grant a mistrial "because [an] answer by [a] witness placed the character and reputation of the defendant in evidence without the accused first having done so." No question is raised as to the sufficiency of the evidence to support the verdict of guilty rendered by...

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