United States v. Pete Arendale

RIVES, Circuit Judge:

Arendale appeals from his conviction for possessing an unregistered still and carrying on the business of a distiller in violation of 26 U.S.C. §§ 5179(a), 5601 (a), and 5173. He was charged in a five-count indictment along with three others, Donald Richard Smith, Rayford Carroll Childers, and Isaac (Ike) Robert Child-ers. 1

The ease against Arendale is based entirely on the testimony of a named co-conspirator, Robert Clayton Ginn. Ginn and Donald Smith were arrested at the still site on Ginn’s farm. Ginn had pleaded guilty to “illegal manufacturing at a liquor still,” but…