United States v. Willie Livingston, Julia Faye Williams and Deborah Lynn Williams, A/K/A Deborah Williams Johns

JERRE S. WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:

An eight count indictment charged the appellants with receiving and transporting stolen securities in interstate commerce and with conspiracy, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 2314, 2315, 371, and 2. A jury convicted all defendants on the conspiracy count. Julia Williams was convicted on four substantive counts, Willie Livingston on three, and Deborah Williams on one. The district judge sentenced each defendant to serve concurrent terms.

The defendants complain on appeal that (1) the district court made improper evidentiary rulings regarding the testimony of a…