UNITED STATES v. CORSON

No. 16761.

389 F.2d 563 (1968)

UNITED STATES of America v. Robert B. CORSON, Eugene J. McCullough, Eugene J. McCullough, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals Third Circuit.

Decided February 13, 1968.

Rehearing Denied March 8, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry L. Clark, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellant.

Austin Hogan, Asst. U. S. Atty., Philadelphia, Pa. (Drew J. T. O'Keefe, U. S. Atty., Philadelphia, Pa., on the brief), for appellee.

Before HASTIE, Chief Judge, GANEY, Circuit Judge, and WEINER, District Judge.


OPINION OF THE COURT

PER CURIAM.

This is an appeal from a conviction for bank robbery. The principal contention is that the court below erred in failing to instruct the jury that prior statements of a defense witness, inconsistent with his trial testimony that the accused did not participate in the crime, could be used only to impeach his testimony and not as affirmative proof of the matter therein asserted.

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