PORTER v. UNITED STATES

No. 24775.

394 F.2d 508 (1968)

Artis PORTER, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

May 20, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Calvin Whitesell, Montgomery, Ala., for appellant.

Ben Hardeman, U. S. Atty., Jack B. Patterson, Asst. U. S. Atty, Montgomery, Ala., for appellee.

Before BROWN, Chief Judge, WISDOM, Circuit Judge, and BREWSTER, District Judge.


PER CURIAM:

Appellant is seeking to set aside his conviction upon a jury verdict of the offense of buying untaxed whiskey in violation of Chapter 51, Sec. 5001, U.S. Code. The amount involved was twenty gallons.

The only question which merits attention here is whether the government could offer evidence of the appellant's reputation for being a violator of the liquor laws before it rested its case in chief. We are of the opinion that the trial court correctly...

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