United States v. Frank Baker

Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge TAMM.

TAMM, Circuit Judge:

Defendant was convicted of selling government property in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 641. He contends that the indictment was defective because it failed to charge that he knew that the property had been stolen from the United States and because it failed to charge that the sales were unlawful. He contends that mistakes made in the judge’s instructions to the jury constituted plain error. He also contends that it was error to admit certain claim forms into evidence. We find merit only in defendant’s last argument, and this…