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UNITED STATES v. ALSTON

No. 71-3477 Summary Calendar.

460 F.2d 48 (1972)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Richard ALSTON, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied June 1, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. J. McNamara, New Orleans, La. (Court appointed), for defendant-appellant.

Gerald J. Gallinghouse, U. S. Atty., Mary Williams Cazalas, Patrick C. McGinity, Asst. U. S. Attys., New Orleans, La., Harry R. Hull, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., New Orleans, La., for plaintiff-appellee.

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

GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge:

Although there are four targeted errors in this appeal, the most vexatious involves the right of a trial court to stifle factual disclosures without demonstrable significance to a defendant but danger-laden to the witness. Appellant, Richard Alston, was convicted by a jury of selling heroin in violation of 26 U.S. C.A. §§ 4704(a) and 4705(a).1 He appeals that conviction on four grounds: (1) that a federal...

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