UNITED STATES v. FISHER

No. 17222.

377 F.2d 285 (1967)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. George K. FISHER, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit.

May 2, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dale Quillen, Nashville, Tenn., for appellant.

Gilbert S. Merritt, Jr., U. S. Atty., Nashville, Tenn. (Alfred H. Knight, III, Asst. U. S. Atty., Nashville, Tenn., on the brief), for appellee.

Before EDWARDS and McCREE, Circuit Judges, and CECIL, Senior Circuit Judge.


PER CURIAM.

Defendant appeals from a conviction for the offense of using the mails to defraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 2(b), 1341-1342. His appeal is grounded on the contentions that the conviction was against the weight of the evidence and that the trial judge should have declared a mistrial because the government attorney improperly questioned defendant's witness concerning the use of narcotics by defendant.

With regard to the first contention...

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