UNITED STATES v. KING'S TRADING, INC.

No. 83-1021.

724 F.2d 631 (1983)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. KING'S TRADING, INC., a corporation, and Jar-Yu King, an individual, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided December 7, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Scarlett, Chief Counsel, Washington, D.C., Jacqueline H. Eagle, Associate Chief Counsel, Food and Drug Admin., Rockville, Md., William F. Baxter, Asst. Atty. Gen., Barry Grossman, Frederic Freilicher, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for appellee.

Willard B. Bunch, Campbell, Erickson, Cottingham, Morgan & Gibson, John Edward Cash, Kansas City, Mo., for appellants.

Before HEANEY and McMILLIAN, Circuit Judges, and HENLEY, Senior Circuit Judge.


HEANEY, Circuit Judge.

Appellants King's Trading, Inc., and Jar-Yu King were convicted of two counts of violating the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, 21 U.S.C. §§ 301 et seq. The appellants contend on appeal that the trial court erred in refusing to grant a mistrial when the prosecuting attorney referred to King's prior conviction for a similar offense during final argument, and admitting irrelevant...

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