UNITED STATES v. JONES

No. 76-3249.

559 F.2d 960 (1977)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. L. C. JONES and Richard Jones, Jr., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied November 2, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allan D. Shackelford, Clarksdale, Miss., (Court-appointed), for defendants-appellants.

H. M. Ray, U. S. Atty., Alfred E. Moreton, III, Sam Knowlton, Asst. U. S. Attys., Oxford, Miss., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before GOLDBERG and FAY, Circuit Judges, and DUMBAULD, United States District Judge.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied November 2, 1977.

DUMBAULD, Senior District Judge.

Appellants were convicted (upon circumstantial evidence, including that of fingerprint and ballistics experts) of transporting in interstate commerce and disposing of a stolen motor vehicle in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 2312 and 2313. They contend that the evidence was insufficient to convict, and that prejudicial evidence of other misconduct was improperly admitted...

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