Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Richard Ernest CREWS, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1973-08-30
Citations: 483 F.2d 979
Docket Number: No. 73-1739
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Richard Ernest CREWS, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Reporter 2d Series
Volume: 483
Pages: 979–979

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Richard Ernest CREWS, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 73-1739
Summary Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
Aug. 30, 1973.
Robert A. Harper, Jr., Gainesville, Fla., (Court-appointed), for defendant-appellant.
William H. Stafford, Jr., U. S. Atty., Robert L. Crongeyer, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., Pensacola, Fla., for plaintiff-ap-pellee.
Before GEWIN, COLEMAN and MORGAN, Circuit Judges.
Rule 18, 5 Cir., see Isbell Enterprises, Inc. v. Citizens Casualty Co. of New York et al., 5 Cir. 1970, 431 F.2d 409, Part I.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
This appeal is taken from appellant's conviction by a jury trial of possessing a quantity of marihuana in violation of Section 844(a) of the United States Code. The appellant's single assignment of error complains of the district court's re-instruction to the jury. After the original charge had been given by the district court and the jury had been deliberating for approximately one hour the jury requested the court for a re-instruction of the definitions of actual and constructive possession. After consultation with counsel for both the government and the defendant the district court re-instructed the jury by redefining both types of possession.
We find no error in the original instruction nor the later instruction given by the district court. The appellant's assignment of error is without merit.
Affirmed.