Case Name: Charles Calvin CAMPBELL, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1968-09-27
Citations: 401 F.2d 894
Docket Number: No. 25657
Parties: Charles Calvin CAMPBELL, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Reporter 2d Series
Volume: 401
Pages: 894–895

Head Matter:
Charles Calvin CAMPBELL, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.
No. 25657.
United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.
Sept. 27, 1968.
Rehearing Denied Oct. 31, 1968.
Kenneth Tekell, Houston, Tex., for appellant.
James R. Gough and Donald L. Stone, Asst. U. S. Attys., Houston, Tex., for appellee.
Before GEWIN, PHILLIPS and GOLDBERG, Circuit Judges.
Harry Phillips, of the Sixth Circuit, sitting by designation.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Charles Calvin Campbell was found guilty by a jury under a two-count indictment charging that he transported in interstate commerce two falsely made and altered customer's drafts with knowledge that they were falsely made and altered in violation of 18 U.S.C.A. § 2314. He was sentenced to ten years imprisonment under each count, the sentences to run concurrently. We affirm.
Appellant's sole specification of error is that he was denied the effective assistance of trial counsel. His defense was conducted by retained counsel of his own choosing. Although the record reveals counsel's inexperience as a trial lawyer and his unfamiharity with certain rules of evidence and trial procedure, we conclude that when measured by the applicable standard, appellant's representation was adequate. Where inadequacy of counsel is alleged, relief may be obtained only when representation is so inadequate as to make the trial a farce and a mockery of justice, United States v. Garguilo, 324 F.2d 795 (2d Cir. 1963), or when there has been a denial of fundamental fairness, Brubaker v. Dickson, 310 F.2d 30 (9th Cir. 1962), cert. denied, 372 U.S. 978, 83 S.Ct. 1110, 10 L.Ed.2d 143 (1963).
Judgment affirmed.