Legal Opinion
United States v. Thomas Edward Duckett
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 14, 1978No. 77-5741PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JAMES C. HILL, Circuit Judge:
Thomas Edward Duckett was found guilty by a jury on each count of a four-count indictment charging him with two counts of possessing stolen mail in violation of 18 U.S.C.A. § 1708, retaining with intent to convert two United States Treasury checks in violation of 18 U.S.C.A. § 641, and obstructing the passage of mail in violation of 18 U.S.C.A. § 1701. On appeal Duckett objects to the trial court’s instruction relating to the permissible inferences to be drawn from the possession of recently stolen mail and to the trial court’s decision to overrule his motion to…
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