United States v. Clifford Frank Campbell and John Clifton Free

JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge:

Appellants in this moonshine case argue that questions propounded by the Judge at trial constituted prejudicial error, but they did not object to or otherwise call this claimed error to the attention of the Trial Judge. Under such circumstances the result is an affirmance unless we find plain error. F.R. Crim.P. 52(b). We cannot so we affirm. 1

Although we are mindful of the fact that a criminal defendant is himself the one who must bear the burdens of imprisonment from actions or inactions of his counsel, whether retained or court appointed, we consider that the…