United States v. Diana Johnson

T.G. NELSON, Circuit Judge:

Diana Johnson was found guilty by a jury of receiving “stolen Government property,” in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 641, by receiving money embezzled from the Agricultural Stabilization Conservation Service (“ASCS”), 1 a branch of the United States Department of Agriculture (“USDA”). The question before us today is whether the evidence before the jury was sufficient to support a finding that the money received by Johnson was property of 2 the United States Government. We hold that it was. We therefore vacate the district court’s judgment of acquittal and reinstate the…