UNITED STATES v. HANCOCK

No. 28067.

441 F.2d 1285 (1971)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. J. Frank HANCOCK, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied May 27, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Loyd C. Mosley, N. S. Gould, Clear-water, Fla., for defendant-appellant.

John L. Briggs, U. S. Atty., Thomas G. Wilson, Special Asst. U. S. Atty., Hugh N. Smith, Asst. U. S. Atty., Tampa, Fla., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge, and WISDOM and MORGAN, Circuit Judges.


JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge:

J. Frank Hancock, former president and principal organizer of the Clearwater Capital Corporation, was charged in a nine count indictment with embezzling, abstracting, and willfully misapplying small business investment company funds in violation of 18 U.S.C.A. § 657. Following a jury trial he was convicted and sentenced to concurrent five-year terms on all counts. We affirm.

Initially Hancock alleges error of constitutional...

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