United States v. Raymond J. Berryhill

THOMPSON, District Judge:

Defendant Berryhill was convicted in a court trial of three counts of a thirteen count indictment, Counts III, VI and XIII. He was sentenced to five years under Count III. Concurrent five year sentences were imposed under Counts VI and XIII, ordered to run consecutively with the Count III sentence but with execution suspended and probation for five years.

Count III charged defendant with the unlawful possession on February 16, 1967, 1 in Los Angeles County of the contents of a letter stolen from the mail which had been mailed by one Kenje Kawa in a collection box at…