UNITED STATES v. CHITWOOD

No. 71-1613.

457 F.2d 676 (1972)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. William Thomas CHITWOOD, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

March 28, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edwin C. Lenow, Memphis, Tenn., Court appointed, on brief for defendant-appellant.

Robert F. Colvin, Asst. U. S. Atty., Memphis, Tenn., for plaintiff-appellee; Thomas F. Turley, Jr., U. S. Atty., Memphis, Tenn., on brief.

Before PHILLIPS, Chief Judge, and McCREE and MILLER, Circuit Judges.


PHILLIPS, Chief Judge.

William Chitwood appeals from a jury conviction on four counts of interstate transportation of stolen automobiles in violation of the Dyer Act, 18 U.S.C. § 2312. Chitwood alleges several defects in the trial below: denial of a speedy trial, denial of a mistrial, refusal to order production of Jencks material, insufficiency of the evidence, and erroneous jury charge. We find these contentions without merit and affirm.

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