UNITED STATES v. WILLIAMS

No. 71-1735.

464 F.2d 927 (1972)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Bobby Lee WILLIAMS, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided July 26, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel P. Reardon, Jr., St. Louis, Mo., for appellant.

Robert B. Schneider, Asst. U. S. Atty., Daniel Bartlett, Jr., U. S. Atty., St. Louis, Mo., for appellee.

Before LAY, HEANEY and BRIGHT, Circuit Judges.


BRIGHT, Circuit Judge.

A jury convicted Bobby Lee Williams on two counts of making false statements to a licensed firearms dealer in connection with the purchase of two firearms, violations of 18 U.S.C. § 922(a) (6). Williams appeals, contending that he was deprived of a fair trial because the prosecutor, through his questions and argument to the jury, revealed that a defense witness had invoked the Fifth Amendment when questioned before a grand jury about the...

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