SNIEDZINS v. UNITED STATES

No. 22651.

354 F.2d 1004 (1966)

Ernest SNIEDZINS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

January 20, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John M. Allison (Court-appointed counsel), Tampa, Fla., Macfarlane, Ferguson, Allison & Kelly, Tampa, Fla., for appellant.

Robert B. McGowan, E. J. Salcines, Asst. U. S. Atty., Tampa, Fla., Edward F. Boardman, U. S. Atty., Tampa, Fla., for appellee.

Before TUTTLE, Chief Judge, WISDOM, Circuit Judge, and FISHER, District Judge.


PER CURIAM:

The only substantial ground of appeal in this case is the admission in evidence of testimony thought by the appellant to inject prejudice against him as a person of bad character but having no relevance to the issue of his guilt or innocence of this charge of violation of the Dyer Act.

Upon careful consideration, we conclude that none of the testimony complained of necessarily connects appellant with any other crime or other bad conduct. Any inference...

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