MORGAN v. UNITED STATES

No. 25159.

399 F.2d 93 (1968)

Claude B. MORGAN, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied October 16, 1968.

Certiorari Denied January 13, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joe J. Harrell, Pensacola, Fla., for appellant.

Clinton Ashmore, U. S. Atty., Stewart J. Carrough, Asst. U. S. Atty., Tallahassee, Fla., for appellee.

Before GOLDBERG, GODBOLD and SIMPSON, Circuit Judges.


Certiorari Denied January 13, 1969. See 89 S.Ct. 635.

GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge:

Summoning as we must our most perceptive antennae to detect prejudicial communications with a juror, we nevertheless affirm the trial court's findings that the jury was not compromised.

The appellant, Claude B. Morgan, appeals from an order of the district court denying a motion for new trial based on an alleged prejudicial communication between a stranger to the proceedings...

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