United States v. James G. Neighbors

Appellant was charged and convicted upon jury verdict in a two-count indictment for willfully and knowingly transporting and causing to be transported a stolen vehicle in interstate commerce, 18 U.S.C. § 2312 [Count I], and willfully and knowingly receiving a stolen vehicle in interstate commerce, 18 U.S.C. § 2313 [Count II]. The district court 1 imposed sentence of five years imprisonment on each count to run concurrently.

Appellant raised by timely objection below and in his brief on appeal the contention that the government should have been required to elect between the offenses and that…