United States v. Orville Klecan

I respectfully dissent. Because there is no evidence of value either above or below $500,1 would reverse and remand the judgment of the district court with instructions to discharge the appellant. Section 714m(c), like its counterpart 18 U.S.C. § 641, is essentially a statute proscribing larceny, theft, and conversion. In both statutes the property value elements have historically created a division between felony and misdemeanor. In Cartwright v. United States, 146 F.2d 133, 135 (5th Cir.1944), the court stated:

It is, therefore, well settled that where the grade of larceny, and consequently…