UNITED STATES v. McCRAY

No. 23256.

433 F.2d 1173 (1970)

UNITED STATES of America v. Louis U. McCRAY, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided September 9, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Robert Raymond Twohig, Jr., with whom Mr. William W. Greenhalgh (both appointed by this court), was on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. Warren R. King, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Messrs. Thomas A. Flannery, U. S. Atty., and John A. Terry and Victor W. Caputy, Asst. U. S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before WRIGHT, LEVENTHAL and WILKEY, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Appellant was convicted by a jury of larceny after trust and sentenced to one to three years in prison. On appeal he urges numerous errors in the conduct of his trial as grounds for reversal. We affirm.

Appellant's most persuasive point challenges the instruction to the jury that flight or concealment by the accused may be used to infer guilt. The trial judge gave the brief standard instruction based on that drafted by the Bar Association of the...

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