George Frank Simpson v. United States

LEWIS, Circuit Judge.

Appellant was convicted in the United States District Court for the District of Wyoming of a Dyer Act violation, 18 U.S.C. § 2312. On this appeal from the conviction he assigns as error the admission of evidence claimed to have been obtained through unlawful searches and seizures and the reception into evidence of particular, prejudicial testimony regarding appellant’s prior bad acts.

On the night of November 20-21, 1962, a 1962 Chevrolet Impala two-door sedan was stolen from in front of the home of its owner in Ashland, Kentucky. About one week later, on November 27,…