United States v. A. Gordon Eldred

Eldred appeals his conviction for intentional misapplication of funds belonging to the Navajo Housing Authority (18 U.S.C. § 1163), conspiracy to defraud the United States (18 U.S.C. § 371), transportation in interstate commerce of securities valued in excess of $5,000 knowing them to have been obtained by fraud (18 U.S.C. § 2314), and aiding and abetting (18 U.S.C. § 2). He contends that multiple errors in the course of his jury trial denied him a fair trial. We affirm.

In 1974, Eldred, representing the American Funding Corporation (AFC), entered into an oral agreement with Pat Chee Miller,…