UNITED STATES v. WATSON

Nos. 20668, 20656.

450 F.2d 290 (1971)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Edward Russell WATSON, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Charles WHITNEY, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

November 1, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Hampe, St. Louis, Mo., for appellants.

William C. Martin, Asst. U. S. Atty., St. Louis, Mo., Daniel Bartlett, Jr., U. S. Atty., for appellee.

Before GIBSON and ROSS, Circuit Judges, and EISELE, District Judge.


PER CURIAM.

Defendants appeal from a judgment by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri based upon a jury verdict which found them guilty of the offense of possessing goods stolen from interstate commerce.

Two issues are raised on appeal. First, that the court erred in permitting the government to improperly use prior inconsistent statements in the examination of one of its own witnesses...

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