HALL v. UNITED STATES

No. 25827.

419 F.2d 582 (1969)

Donald Joseph HALL, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

November 12, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas M. Haas, Mobile, Ala., for appellant.

Don Conway, Asst. U. S. Atty., Mobile, Ala., Vernol R. Jansen, Jr., U. S. Atty., for appellee.

Before GEWIN and GODBOLD, Circuit Judges, and CHOATE, District Judge.


GODBOLD, Circuit Judge:

The appellant was convicted by a jury on a single-count indictment charging interstate transportation of a stolen automobile and sentenced to three years. The conviction must be reversed for improper and prejudicial statements made by prosecutors during oral argument.

The reversible remarks covered five areas: statements that appellant had tampered with witnesses; a statement by a prosecutor of his personal belief concerning a controverted...

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