United States v. Merlin H. Suggs

RONEY, Circuit Judge:

Defendant was convicted of falsifying Georgia Department of Labor travel vouchers in violation of 18 U.S.C.A. § 1001.' He brings numerous issues on appeal, the most critical of which relate to the prosecutor’s closing comment on defendant’s failure to testify before the Grand Jury and the introduction of an incriminating statement made while defendant was in custody and represented by counsel. Finding any error to be harmless, we affirm. .

Defendant and his wife were both employed by the Georgia Department of Labor. They were indicted in an eleven count indictment under…