HANKINS v. UNITED STATES

No. 21383.

384 F.2d 713 (1967)

Carl Lee HANKINS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

September 21, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Evelyn Magnes, San Jose, Cal., for appellant.

William M. Byrne, Jr., U. S. Atty., Los Angeles, Cal., for appellee.

Before POPE, BROWNING, and ELY, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Appellant asks us to re-examine the federal rule permitting convictions on the uncorroborated testimony of an accomplice (Williams v. United States, 308 F.2d 664 (9th Cir. 1962)), pointing out that a majority of the states now require corroboration of such testimony. However, upon examination of the record we agree with the government that the testimony of the accomplice in this case was corroborated by evidence that appellant...

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