United States v. James Napoleone

KALODNER, Circuit Judge.

Following a jury trial, the defendant-appellant was found guilty of falsely pretending to be an investigator of the Veterans Administration, in contravention of Section 912, 18 U.S.C.A. 1

He prosecutes this appeal on these grounds: (1) the evidence was insufficient to support the jury’s verdict, and (2) the court below erred in refusing to propound certain requested questions to the veniremen on the voir dire examination.

The government’s testimony may be summarized as follows:

The defendant was an investigator employed by the Retail Credit Company at its Pittsburgh,…