United States v. William Howard Newman

ANN ALDRICH, District Judge.

Defendant-appellant William Howard Newman appeals his conviction, after a jury trial, on one count of interstate transportation of a stolen motor vehicle, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2312, and on one count of interstate transportation of stolen property, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2314. He raises four assignments of error, all of which are without merit.

I

In October 1986, Newman, an admitted alcoholic, was serving time at the Federal Correctional Institution in Sandstone, Minnesota for the interstate transportation of a stolen tractor-trailer rig. Pursuant to an…