James E. Lofland v. United States

JERTBERG, Circuit Judge:

Appellant appeals from a judgment of conviction on four counts of an indictment. Count One charged a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1343. 1 Count Two charged a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2315. 2 Count Three charged appellant and one Frederick George Koeneke with a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2315, and Count Four charged appellant and Frederick George Koeneke and Dale O’Harley Jennings with a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2315.

Trial was to the court sitting without a jury, a jury trial having been expressly waived, in writing, and in open court by the appellant. Appellant was…