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HOOD v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 19650, 19651.

365 F.2d 949 (1966)

Samuel H. HOOD, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee. Harry A. JACKSON, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided June 30, 1966.

Petition for Rehearing Denied October 13, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Julian P. Freret, Washington, D. C. (appointed by this court), for appellants.

Mr. Charles A. Mays, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Messrs. David G. Bress, U. S. Atty., Frank Q. Nebeker and Richard M. Coleman, Asst. U. S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before McGOWAN, TAMM and LEVENTHAL, Circuit Judges.

Petition for Rehearing En Banc in No. 19650 Denied October 13, 1966.

McGOWAN, Circuit Judge.

On these appeals from a jury conviction of robbery, two alleged errors in the course of the trial itself are advanced as requiring reversal.1 One has to do with the failure of the trial court to direct the Government that it could not use a conviction to impeach appellant Hood. The other derives from the failure to restrict the cross-examination...

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