RICHARDS v. UNITED STATES

No. 20472.

329 F.2d 188 (1964)

Joseph Linwood RICHARDS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied April 21, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter G. Arnold, Jacksonville, Fla., for appellant.

Robert R. Perry, Sp. Asst. U. S. Atty., William J. Hamilton, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., Edward F. Boardman, U. S. Atty., Middle Dist. of Florida, Jacksonville, Fla., for appellee.

Before TUTTLE, Chief Judge, and PHILLIPS and JONES, Circuit Judges.


TUTTLE, Chief Judge.

This appeal from a conviction and sentence of the appellant for the crime of perjury in testimony given to a Grand Jury is based primarily on the admission by the trial court of testimony tending to prove general bad conduct and the commission of prior criminal offenses by the accused.

The two count indictment charged the appellant with having sworn falsely while giving testimony before a Grand Jury in Tampa, Florida, in that he swore...

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