Opinion · Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
United States v. James B. Sparlin
569 F.2d 1314
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1978-03-23
- Topic
- bankruptcy
PER CURIAM. This is a companion case to U. S. v. Carter, 5 Cir. 1978, 568 F.2d 453 and U. S. v.
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UNITED STATES v. SPARLIN,569 F.2d 1314(5th Cir. 1978)
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, v. JAMES B. SPARLIN,
DEFENDANT-APPELLANT.
No. 77-5480.
Summary Calendar.fn*
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
March 23, 1978.
Rehearing Denied April 19, 1978.
Kenneth J. Mighell, U.S. Atty., Fort Worth, Tex., Shirley Baccus-Lobel, Asst. U.S. Atty., Dallas, Tex., R. H. Wallace, Asst. U.S. Atty., Fort Worth, Tex., for plaintiff-appellee.
Before THORNBERRY, GODBOLD and RUBIN, Circuit Judges.
[2] Appellant's contention that he was denied a reasonable opportunity to obtain counsel is refuted by the record. He was granted a continuance of both his arraignment and his trial to enable him to retain counsel. The court informed appellant that he would not be granted any further delay, yet he appeared at trial without counsel. It is clear that appellant proceededprosebelow, as in this court, because he desired to do so.
[3] We find nothing in the record to support contentions that appellant was ridiculed by the trial judge at pretrial and at trial and that the U.S. Attorney improperly employed public opinion to convict appellant.
[4] The evidence was sufficient to support the conviction. There was no error in instructing the jury. The sentence imposed was within the discretion of the court.
[5] AFFIRMED.Page 1315
- Rule 18, 5 Cir.; seeIsbell Enterprises, Inc. v. CitizensCasualty Co. of New York, et al.,5 Cir., 1970,431 F.2d 409, Part I. ↩