ROBINSON v. UNITED STATES

No. 25547.

395 F.2d 211 (1968)

Francis Henderson ROBINSON, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

May 28, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joe J. Harrell, Pensacola, Fla., M. A. Marsal, Mobile, Ala., Harrell, Caro, Middlebrooks & Wiltshire, Pensacola, Fla., for appellant.

Clinton Ashmore, U. S. Atty., C. W. Eggart, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., Pensacola, Fla., Stewart J. Carrouth, Asst. U. S. Atty., Tallahassee, Fla., for appellee.

Before TUTTLE and DYER, Circuit Judges, and MEHRTENS, District Judge.


PER CURIAM:

The principal contention urged by the appellant here is that the trial court erred in admitting in evidence in his trial for violating federal liquor statutes a conviction for larceny which occurred many years previously. The trial court, of course, charged the jury that this evidence could be considered only "in determining the credibility of [Robinson's] testimony when he took the stand and testified in the trial of the case today; then it has that limited...

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