PHILLIPS v. UNITED STATES

No. 18833.

334 F.2d 589 (1964)

William Ross PHILLIPS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

July 20, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David M. Heilbron, San Francisco, Cal., for appellant.

Francis C. Whelan, U. S. Atty., Thomas R. Sheridan, Asst. U. S. Atty., Chief, Crim. Section, David R. Nissen, Asst. U. S. Atty., Los Angeles, Cal., for appellee.

Before CHAMBERS, Chief Judge, and HAMLIN and KOELSCH, Circuit Judges.


HAMLIN, Circuit Judge:

Appellant was convicted by a jury in the United States District Court for the Southern District of California of fifteen counts of interstate transportation of counterfeited securities in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2314 (1958). Jurisdiction of this court is based on 28 U.S.C. § 1291 (1958). The issues presented by this appeal are: (1) Did the trial court err in instructing the jury on the defense of coercion; (2) was the concluding portion...

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