William Ross Phillips v. United States

HAMLIN, Circuit Judge:

Appellant was convicted by a jury in the United States District Court for the Southern District of California of fifteen counts of interstate transportation of counterfeited securities in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2314 (1958). Jurisdiction of this court is based on 28 U.S.C. § 1291 (1958). The issues presented by this appeal are: (1) Did the trial court err in instructing the jury on the defense of coercion; (2) was the concluding portion of the trial erroneously conducted in appellant’s absence; (3) were the prosecutor’s remarks in argument referring to the conviction of…