Legal Opinion
United States v. Joe Tony Simmons
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided April 16, 2001No. 00-4131PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Affirmed by published opinion. Judge NIEMEYER wrote the opinion, in which Chief Judge WILKINSON and Judge HOWARD joined.
OPINION
NIEMEYER, Circuit Judge:
Joe Tony Simmons challenges his convictions for concealing goods that were “feloniously taken, stolen, or embezzled” while on federal property, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 662, arguing that the property involved — two cellular telephones — while proved to have been stolen, was not proved to have been the subject of a felony theft. The district court rejected the construction urged by Simmons and interpreted “felo-niously taken,” as used in §…
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