United States v. Thomas Joseph Carranco

SETH, Circuit Judge.

Appellant was convicted of knowingly receiving and possessing goods taken from an interstate shipment in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 659 and 2. He was found guilty by the jury, and has taken this appeal.

The theft of a shipment of copper wire was charged. The facts, as summarized from the record, are as follows. Thompson Lightning Protection, Inc., of St. Paul, Minnesota, sent a shipment by truck of copper wire and other items to Gardner Zemke Company in Albuquerque. This shipment was picked up at the Thompson factory in St. Paul by the carrier, Admiral-Merchants Motor…