United States v. Humble

*40Opinion of the Court

Robert E. Quinn, Chief Judge:

The accused was tried and convicted of larceny. The question before us is whether he was prejudiced by improper conduct of trial counsel.

Appellant was charged with acting in conjunction with Private Ronald E. Goodwin. At trial, the prosecution called two witnesses who were implicated with the accused in the transaction. One was Goodwin. He testified that he helped the accused collect clothing of recruits belonging to the accused’s company, and that together with the accused he extracted money from the clothing and shared in the proceeds. The…