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    William Reid Black v. United States, 367 F.2d 580, 4th Cir. (1966)

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    William Reid Black was convicted of theft from an interstate shipment. On appeal, he argued that the district court erred in its jury instructions regarding an interstate shipment and the testimony of an accomplice. However, Black did not object to the instructions at trial as required. While an appellate court can notice plain errors, the Fourth Circuit found no such errors and affirmed the conviction.

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    William Reid Black was convicted of theft from an interstate shipment. On appeal, he argued that the district court erred in its jury instructions regarding an interstate shipment and the testimony of an accomplice. However, Black did not object to the instructions at trial as required. While an appellate court can notice plain errors, the Fourth Circuit found no such errors and affirmed the conviction.

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    William Reid Black was convicted of theft from an interstate shipment. On appeal, he argued that the district court erred in its jury instructions regarding an interstate shipment and the testimony of an accomplice. However, Black did not object to the instructions at trial as required. While an appellate court can notice plain errors, the Fourth Circuit found no such errors and affirmed the conviction.

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    367 F.

    2d 580

    William Reid BLACK, Appellant,


    v.
    UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.
    No. 10620.

    United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.


    Argued Oct. 5, 1966.
    Decided Oct. 10, 1966.

    Robert B. Blythe, Charlotte, N.C., Court-appointed counsel, for appellant.


    Wm. Medford, U.S. Atty., (William M. Styles, Asst. U.S. Atty., on brief),
    for appellee.
    Before SOBELOFF, BOREMAN and CRAVEN, Circuit Judges.
    PER CURIAM:

    Appellant Black was convicted by a jury upon an indictment charging him with
    the theft of merchandise from an interstate shipment in violation of 18 U.S.C.
    659. Upon careful consideration of the briefs filed, the oral arguments of
    counsel and the entire record, we affirm the judgmetn below.

    On appeal appellant assigns as error the District Court's instructions to the jury
    concerning an interstate shipment and the weight to be given to the testimony
    of an accomplice. Appellant offered no objection below to the instructions as
    required by Rule 30 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure and, although
    Rule 52(b) permits this court to notice plain error affecting substantial rights,
    we find no such error here.

    Affirmed.

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