Loyd Carroll Grandsinger v. United States

The appellant was indicted for transporting in interstate commerce a motor vehicle knowing the same had been stolen, in violation of § 2312, Title 18 U.S.C. He was tried by a jury, convicted, and has taken this appeal asserting several errors by the trial court.

The appellant first urges that the trial court was in error in refusing on the voir dire examination of prospective jurors to explain to them the terms, “reasonable doubt” and “presumption of innocence,” and also in refusing to ask the jurors whether or not they would give the accused the benefit of such rules. The court did question…