United States v. Richard J. Paulino

TANG, Circuit Judge.

Richard J. Paulino appeals from district court judgments finding him guilty of 12 counts of theft of property valued over $100 in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 661. Paulino acknowledges that he stole the charged amounts of money on the specified days from a U.S. Navy service station where he worked as a gas-station attendant. He contends, however, that he should be guilty only of multiple misdemeanors because although the Government showed that the amount he stole at the end of each designated day exceeded $100, the Government did not show that he took more than $100 each time…