SILVERTHORNE v. UNITED STATES

No. 21221.

400 F.2d 627 (1968)

Don C. SILVERTHORNE, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied September 23, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George C. Martinez (argued), San Francisco, Cal., for appellant.

Cecil F. Poole (argued), U. S. Atty., Jerrold M. Ladar, Asst. U. S. Atty., San Francisco, Cal., for appellee.

Before BARNES, HAMLEY and JERTBERG, Circuit Judges.


BARNES, Circuit Judge:

Appellant Don C. Silverthorne was convicted of violating 18 U.S.C. §§ 656 and 1005; the misapplication of bank funds and the making of false entries in bank records, respectively. The primary error urged by Silverthorne in this appeal is that the trial court failed to ascertain, during the voir dire examination and at certain specific points in the trial, whether, in light of massive news-media publicity which antedated and which was...

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