Hampton v. United States

HOOD, Chief Judge.

On this appeal from a conviction of petit larceny, three claims of error are made.

First, it is claimed the evidence was not sufficient to support the conviction. The record clearly demonstrates this claim has no merit.

Second, it is claimed that appellant was denied a fair trial by the frequent questioning of appellant by the trial judge. We have carefully read the entire transcript of trial and are not convinced that the trial judge’s questions, extensive as they were, constituted prejudicial error so as to deny appellant a fair trial before the jury which, after proper…