UNITED STATES v. DICKENS

No. 19522.

417 F.2d 958 (1969)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Billy David DICKENS, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit.

November 10, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Murry L. Randall, St. Louis, Mo., for appellant.

James J. Shoemake, Asst. U. S. Atty., St. Louis, Mo., for appellee; James E. Reeves, U. S. Atty., St. Louis, Mo., with him on the brief.

Before VAN OOSTERHOUT, Chief Judge and LAY and HEANEY, Circuit Judges.


HEANEY, Circuit Judge.

The appellant was convicted of knowingly possessing stolen property in violation of Section 659, Title 18, United States Code. He was sentenced to ten years imprisonment. His primary contention here is that the trial court erred in restricting the cross-examination of the government's principal witness and admitted accomplice, Allen Reinhardt, and that such restriction denied the appellant the Sixth...

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