PARHAM v. UNITED STATES

No. 18443.

339 F.2d 741 (1964)

Odell PARHAM, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided June 25, 1964.

Certiorari Denied December 7, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. De Long Harris, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Mr. Max Frescoln, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Mr. David C. Acheson, U. S. Atty., and Messrs. Frank Q. Nebeker and Barry Sidman, Asst. U. S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before PRETTYMAN, Senior Circuit Judge, and WRIGHT and McGOWAN, Circuit Judges.


Certiorari Denied December 7, 1964. See 85 S.Ct. 336.

PER CURIAM.

Appellant contends that the use of the word "presumed" in the course of the trial judge's instructions on proof of intent rendered the charge reversibly erroneous. We think the charge was clearly valid, since the judge correctly told the jurors they could deduce or infer intent from the facts and circumstances shown in the evidence. The "presumed" was in an additional clause and obviously was...

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