UNITED STATES v. WOODS

No. 75-1128.

518 F.2d 696 (1975)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Otto D. WOODS, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided July 9, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bernhardt W. Klippel, III, Clayton, Mo., for appellant.

Richard E. Coughlin, Asst. U. S. Atty., St. Louis, Mo., for appellee.

Before GIBSON, Chief Judge, WEBSTER, Circuit Judge, and DEVITT, Chief District Judge.


DEVITT, Chief District Judge.

Convicted of six counts of violating 42 U.S.C. § 2703(a), making it a crime to fraudulently misapply funds issued under the Economic Opportunity Program, 42 U.S.C. § 2706 et seq., and of one count of conspiracy, defendant appeals from the judgment of conviction and two year general sentence imposed. We affirm.

Defendant claims error in the court's denial of his motion for a mistrial because of a one and one-half hour...

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