Robert Lee Proffer and Hollis Leon Adkison v. United States

TUTTLE, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal from the judgment' and sentencing of the appellants on a jury verdict of guilty in a mail fraud and a Securities Act Section 17(a) indictment. 1 The two parties base their appeals on different grounds. Proffer principally contends that there was insufficient evidence connecting him with the activities of his co-defendants, who, other than Adkison, pleaded guilty, to support a verdict against him. Adkison contends primarily that he was denied the effective aid of counsel on the trial, and that therefore the conviction cannot stand on constitutional…