UNITED STATES v. LAY

No. 80-1831 Summary Calendar.

644 F.2d 1087 (1981)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James John LAY, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Unit A

May 13, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles S. Szekely, Jr., Asst. Federal Public Defender, Roland E. Dahlin, II, Federal Public Defender, Houston, Tex., for defendant-appellant.

James Gough, Asst. U.S. Atty., Houston, Tex., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before AINSWORTH, GARZA and SAM D. JOHNSON, Circuit Judges.


AINSWORTH, Circuit Judge:

Appellant James J. Lay was convicted in district court of possession of 96 pounds of marijuana with intent to distribute in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1). The trial judge sentenced Lay to serve five years in prison and to a five-year special parole term. Lay appeals from the conviction, contending that the trial judge erroneously refused to permit him to testify about the bias of the key prosecution witness and about certain prior...

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