Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Charles Vernon HAWKINS, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1971-06-21
Citations: 444 F.2d 224
Docket Number: No. 30862
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Charles Vernon HAWKINS, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Reporter 2d Series
Volume: 444
Pages: 224–224

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Charles Vernon HAWKINS, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 30862.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
June 21, 1971.
Rehearing Denied and Rehearing En Banc Denied July 21, 1971.
James F. Mulla, New Orleans, La., for defendant-appellant.
Gerald J. Gallinghouse, U. S. Atty., Michael Carnes, Special Atty., Dept, of Justice, New Orleans, La., Mervyn Hamburg, Atty., Grim. Div., Dept, of Justice, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff-appellee
Before BROWN, Chief Judge, GE-WIN and MORGAN, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Affirmed. See Local Rule 21.
. See NLRB v. Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, 5 Cir., 1970, 430 F.2d 966.
The appellant claims the following errors :
(1) The indictment should have been dismissed because the statute under which he was indicted was amended prior to trial; (2) The punishment provided by statute is cruel and unusual in violation of the Eighth Amendment; (3) The court should have granted his motion to suppress and should not have permitted a box of ammunition to be admitted into evidence; and (4) His prison and fingerprint records should not have been admitted into evidence.