UNITED STATES v. CHIPMAN

No. 74-2086.

513 F.2d 1262 (1975)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James Burnell CHIPMAN, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

April 17, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Kimbrough Johnson, Jr., Memphis, Tenn. (Court-appointed-CJA), for defendant-appellant.

Thomas F. Turley, U. S. Atty., Glen G. Reid, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., Memphis, Tenn., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before PHILLIPS, Chief Judge, EDWARDS, Circuit Judge, and HERMANSDORFER, District Judge.


PER CURIAM.

This is an appeal from a jury verdict of guilty for knowingly transporting in interstate commerce goods having a value of at least $5,000, while knowing the goods to be stolen. 18 U.S.C. §§ 2314 and 2.

On appeal Chipman contends that his timely motion for a mistrial should have been granted when at the close of one of the trial days two jurors observed him in handcuffs as he was leaving the courthouse in an elevator. He further contends...

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