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UNITED STATES v. FRANKLIN

No. 72-2141. Summary Calendar.

471 F.2d 1299 (1973)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Thomas W. FRANKLIN, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 16, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Melvin E. Thompson, Jr., Atlanta, Ga. (Court-Appointed), for Henderson.

Charles D. Read, Jr., Decatur, Ga., for Franklin.

John W. Stokes, Jr., U. S. Atty., Robert L. Smith, Asst. U. S. Atty., Atlanta, Ga., for plaintiff-appellee.

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

JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge:

Thomas Franklin was convicted of possession of goods stolen from an interstate shipment, 18 U.S.C.A. § 659, knowing the merchandise to have been illegally taken.1 On this appeal he raises the four questions whether the trial judge erred: (i) in his distribution of the peremptory challenges between the two co-defendants, (ii) in permitting the Government prosecutor in cross-examining Franklin's character...

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