UNITED STATES v. BARNES

No. 25707.

431 F.2d 878 (1970)

UNITED STATES of America, Respondent-Appellee, v. Richard C. BARNES, Petitioner-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied September 22, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

D. Thompson Slutes, Tucson, Ariz. (argued), of Lesher & Scruggs, Tucson, Ariz., Dudley S. Welker, of Anderson & Welker, Safford, Ariz., for appellant.

James Wilkes (argued), Asst. U. S. Atty., Richard K. Burke, U. S. Atty., Tucson, Ariz., for appellee.

Before BARNES, BROWNING and DUNIWAY, Circuit Judges.


BARNES, Circuit Judge:

Appellant was charged in Count One with offering a bribe of $100 to two immigration officials on May 26, 1969; and in Count Two with the giving of a bribe of $25 to an immigration official on June 23, 1969.

Appellant was convicted on Count Two and acquitted on Count One. He charges as error that the jury's verdicts were inconsistent; that the government split one crime into two counts improperly, that although this appellant...

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