United States v. David L. Whetzel

SPOTTSWOOD W. ROBINSON, III,

Circuit Judge:

The appeal is from a judgment, rendered following a jury trial, convicting appellant Whetzel on 33 counts of copyright infringement in contravention of 17 U.S.C. §§ 1(f) and 104(b), 1 and two counts of transporting property “stolen, converted or taken by fraud” across a state line in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2314. 2 We are asked, on varying grounds, to set the convictions aside in toto. We find the evidence legally insufficient to establish an essential element of the transportation offenses charged, and on these we accordingly reverse. We perceive no…