UNITED STATES v. BOYD

No. 72-1929.

467 F.2d 1370 (1972)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Thomas Franklin BOYD, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Certiorari Denied January 15, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank R. Ubhaus, Asst. Federal Public Defender, San Francisco, Cal., Patrick William Coyle, of MacInnis & Donner, San Francisco, Cal., for defendant-appellant.

James L. Browning, Jr., U. S. Atty., F. Steele Langford, John G. Milano, Asst. U. S. Attys., San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before KOELSCH, HUFSTEDLER and GOODWIN, Circuit Judges.


Certiorari Denied January 15, 1973. See 93 S.Ct. 947.

PER CURIAM:

Thomas F. Boyd appeals his conviction for assaulting a federal officer (18 U.S.C. § 111). He argues that due process was violated when the trial judge failed to hold a hearing after learning at the time of sentencing that Boyd's court-appointed attorney had once worked as a federal marshal and was acquainted with two prosecution witnesses.

Boyd admitted that he knew these facts...

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