United States v. Isaac Felipe Diaz

OAKES, Chief Judge:

Isaac Felipe Diaz appeals from his conviction by a jury in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, Thomas C. Platt, Jr., Chief Judge, for nine counts of possessing checks stolen from the United States mails, 18 U.S.C. § 1708 (1982), and one count of conspiring to possess the same stolen checks, 18 U.S.C. § 371 (1982). We reverse the conviction and remand for a new trial.

FACTS

The Government’s ease against Diaz centered around nine separate checks sent through the United States mails — five payable to the International Tool Manufacturing Company…