United States v. Alton R. Fairchild

GEE, Circuit Judge:

Alton Robert Fairchild was convicted of twice violating the Dyer Act, 18 U.S. C. § 2313. 1 He now complains (1) that the evidence presented was insufficient to support a jury finding that he knew that the cars which he had received were stolen, (2) that the trial court committed error when it allowed the jury to hear testimony that he stood silent after he had been read his Miranda 2 warnings and (3) that plain error was committed when the United States Attorney, in his summation, made a comment which implied that Fairchild’s failure to make a statement after his arrest…