United States v. Travis Stanley Hamilton

In this appeal from conviction for possession of counterfeit bills in violation of 18 U.S.C.A. § 472, appellant raises numerous issues, all of which we have considered.

The court did not err in refusing defendant’s requested charge on entrapment. Pierce v. United States, 414 F.2d 163 (5th Cir.1969).

Appellant was not given a preliminary hearing, although there is evidence that he requested one, but subsequently he was indicted by the grand jury. This was not reversible error. United States v. Coley and Scogin, 441 F.2d 1299 (5th Cir., 1971).

Probable cause for appellant’s arrest without a…