UNITED STATES v. STEWART

No. 29673.

435 F.2d 711 (1970)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Carolyn June STEWART, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 21, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. Cecil Palmour, Cook & Palmour, Summerville, Ga., for defendant-appellant.

J. Owen Forrester, Asst. U. S. Atty., John W. Stokes, Jr., U. S. Atty., Atlanta, Ga., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before BELL, DYER, and RONEY, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Appellant was convicted of bank embezzlement, Title 18 U.S.C.A., section 656, and for causing false entries to be made in the records of a bank, Title 18 U.S.C.A., section 1005. The sole issue presented on this appeal is whether she was denied the effective assistance of counsel following closing argument and during the period when the cause was under consideration by the jury.

The facts are that appellant's employed trial counsel was compelled...

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