Case Name: Roy Eugene NEFF, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1968-09-18
Citations: 400 F.2d 895
Docket Number: No. 22655
Parties: Roy Eugene NEFF, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Reporter 2d Series
Volume: 400
Pages: 895–896

Head Matter:
Roy Eugene NEFF, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.
No. 22655.
United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.
Sept. 18, 1968.
Samuel S. Anter (argued), Las Vegas, Nev., for appellant.
Robert S. Linnell (argued), Asst. U. S. Atty., Joseph L. Ward, U. S. Atty., Las Vegas, Nev., for appellee.
Before JOHNSEN, BARNES and DUNIWAY, Circuit Judges.
Hon. Harvey M. Johnsen, Senior Judge, U. S. by designation. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, sitting

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
This is an appeal from appellant's conviction for transporting a vehicle (stolen in Stroud, Oklahoma on December 21, 1966, and found in Las Vegas, Nevada on December 23, 1966), knowing the same to have been stolen, across state lines. Appellant urges there was error (1) when the court instructed the jury on the inferences arising at the time of his arrest from "his unexplained possession of recently stolen property;" and (2) that the prosecutor erred by unfair comment in argument to the jury on the significance of a leading question (asked on cross-examination of the police officers by counsel for defendant), after defend ant's counsel had previously argued the same matter to the jury.
There is no merit in either point. The instruction was proper, Spradlin v. United States, 394 F.2d 816 (9th Cir. 1968); Jones v. United States, 378 F.2d 340, 341 (9th Cir. 1967); Corey v. United States, 305 F.2d 232, 238 (9th Cir. 1962); Morandy v. United States, 170 F.2d 5, 6 (9th Cir. 1948). The comment was not prejudicial. Langford v. United States, 178 F.2d 48, 55 (9th Cir. 1957), cert, denied, 339 U.S. 938, 70 S.Ct. 669, 94 L.Ed. 1355; Marshall v. United States, 355 F.2d 999, 1012 (9th Cir. 1966).
We affirm the conviction.