John M. Leonard v. United States

John M. Leonard was convicted by a jury of violating the Dyer Act, 18 U.S. C.A. § 2312 1 by transporting a 1965 Plymouth Valiant from Washington, D. C., to Miami, Florida, knowing the car to be stolen. He was sentenced to two years imprisonment. Leonard seeks reversal on two grounds: (1) insufficiency of the evidence and (2) an irrelevant and incriminating statement by a witness. We reject both contentions and affirm.

The evidence viewed most favorably to the government, Glasser v. United States, 1941, 315 U.S. 60, 80, 62 S.Ct. 457, 469, 86 L.Ed. 680, 704, shows that Leonard rented a 1965…