RIERRA v. UNITED STATES

No. 21589.

357 F.2d 250 (1966)

Dr. Rafael B. RIERRA, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

March 8, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George M. Leppert, G. W. Gill, New Orleans, La., for appellant.

Gene S. Palmisano, Asst. U. S. Atty., New Orleans, La., Louis C. La Cour, U. S. Atty., for appellee.

Before GEWIN and COLEMAN, Circuit Judges, and McRAE, District Judge.


COLEMAN, Circuit Judge.

The appellant was charged in a seven count indictment with using the mails in a scheme to defraud in violation of 18 U.S.C.A. § 1341. He was convicted on six counts and the jury was unable to agree on Count 6. He was sentenced to three years imprisonment on Count 1 and three years on each subsequent count, the latter to run concurrently with the sentence imposed on the first count.

Appellant complains of (1) denial of his motion...

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