United States v. Kenneth J. Zimple

SCHNACKENBERG, Circuit Judge.

Kenneth J. Zimple, defendant, has appealed from a judgment of the district court sentencing him to five years’ confinement, based upon a finding of guilty that he violated 18 U.S.C.A. § 1708, by stealing a letter from a mail receptacle.

Both in the district court and here, defendant was represented by court-appointed counsel.1

From evidence introduced, it appears that Milwaukee policemen Patten and Zellmer, while on patrol duty on April 19, 1962, at 10:30 A. M., observed defendant enter an apartment on the corner of 26th and Wells Streets; that a minute or so later…