Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James Albert DRIVER, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1972-07-26
Citations: 466 F.2d 496
Docket Number: No. 72-1719
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James Albert DRIVER, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Reporter 2d Series
Volume: 466
Pages: 496–496

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James Albert DRIVER, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 72-1719
Summary Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
July 26, 1972.
Rehearing Denied Aug. 22, 1972.
Mattox S. Hair, Jacksonville, Fla. (court-appointed, not under ACT), for defendant-appellant.
John L. Briggs, U. S. Atty., Rudy Hernandez, Asst. U. S. Atty., Jacksonville, Fla., for plaintiff-appellee.
Before BELL, DYER and CLARK, o 7 7 Circuit Judges.
Rule 18, 5th Cir.; see Isbell Enterprises Inc. v. Citizens Casualty Co. of N. Y., 431 F.2d 409, Part I (5th Cir. 1970).

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
James Albert Driver was convicted of falsely and fraudulently completing, forging, or uttering various postal money orders in violation of 18 U.S.C.A. § 500. Pending an appeal of his conviction, subsequently affirmed by this court, 462 F.2d 808 (5th Cir. 1972), Driver made a motion for new trial based on newly discovered evidence. Fed.R.Crim.P. 33. From a denial of that motion, the present appeal is taken. The district judge quite properly considered the motion even though appeal of the conviction was pending, United States v. Smith, 433 F.2d 149, 152 (5th Cir. 1970), and finding no abuse of discretion in his denial thereof, we affirm. United States v. Stephenson, 448 F.2d 768 (5th Cir. 1971); United States v. Crane, 445 F.2d 509, 516 (5th Cir. 1971).
Affirmed.