United States v. Albert P. Childs

SPOTTSWOOD W. ROBINSON, III, Circuit Judge:

This appeal challenges a conviction for obstruction of mailed matter, 1 one of two crimes for which appellant was tried. Reversal is sought principally on two grounds. He contends that the Government’s proof did not conform to the allegations of the indictment charging that offense. He also asserts that he was deprived of a fair trial by the admission of evidence of other criminal activity, or at least by the District Court’s failure to instruct the jury on the limited use to which that evidence might properly have been put. We affirm.

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