United States v. Harold Smith

Appellant was convicted by a jury in the Northern District of Mississippi on one count of transporting a stolen automobile in interstate commerce (18 U.S.C. § 2312) and one count of concealing that automobile (18 U.S.C. § 2313). A third count — charging appellant with escape from custody (18 U.S.C. § 751) after be ing arrested for a separate and earlier Dyer Act violation arising in Louisiana— was severed prior to trial.

On appeal, Smith raises three claims: (1) all pending charges against him from Louisiana and Mississippi should have been transferred to the Southern District of Indiana where…