United States v. Roy K. Jones

Appellant was convicted by a jury of second degree burglary and petit larceny 1 consisting in the theft of an undetermined sum of money from coin-operated laundry machines located in a locked basement room of an apartment building. Reversal is sought solely on the basis of allegedly improper statements by Government counsel 2 during his summation of the case to the jury. Appellant moved unsuccessfully for a mistrial on grounds that the prosecutor infused his personal opinion into the argument, made assertions of facts not in evidence, and hurled unfounded charges that appellant’s testimony…