United States v. Wilburn Erdie Hughes

GEE, Circuit Judge:

Wilburn Hughes was convicted of violations of 18 U.S.C. § 2312 and 18 U.S.C. § 2313 in connection with the interstate transportation and attempted sale of a stolen truck. The truck was stolen near Atlanta, Georgia, on the night of April 16, 1974, and Hughes, who lived in Selma, Alabama, attempted to sell it in Huntsville, Alabama, on April 19, 1974.

During his jury trial, Hughes called Arthur Wayne Roberts as a witness in an attempt to prove that Roberts was the guilty party. On direct examination, Roberts denied that he brought the truck to Selma or that someone returned…