Legal Opinion
United States v. Elmer Paul Pitman
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided May 17, 1973No. 72-1387PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WALLACE, Circuit Judge:
After a five-day trial, the jury found Pitman guilty of one count of theft from an interstate shipment of freight. 18 U.S.C. § 659. Pitman raises many questions on appeal, some of which require no answer and none of which require reversal.
Pitman was a truck driver for a company which picked up shipments of cartons from the distribution center of Avon Products, Inc., in Monrovia, California, for transfer and delivery. On November 10, 1970, Pitman signed a bill of lading which indicated that he had received a shipment of 65 cartons consigned to Andrews’ Trucking Service…
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