Legal Opinion
United States v. John B. McKee Wilfrid Pelchat, and Andrew Thomas
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided March 3, 1955No. 138, Docket 23214PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CLARK, Chief Judge.
Defendants appeal from conviction on four counts of an indictment charging a conspiracy under the conspiracy statute, 18 U.S.C. § 371, to smuggle, import, conceal, and transport a snowmobile in violation of the smuggling statute, 18 U.S.C. § 545. They challenge, inter alia, the sufficiency of the evidence adduced and the adequacy of the charge given to the jury.
The jury could reasonably have found that the three defendants, John B. McKee, Wilfrid Pelchat, and Andrew Thomas, were business associates who formed a plan of illegally bringing a snowmobile from Canada into the…
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