United States v. Alfred Manuszak

STALEY, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal by Alfred Manuszak who was convicted in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania of offenses under 18 Ui S.C. § 659 (theft of goods from an interstate shipment of freight) and 18 U.S.C. § 2314 (interstate transportation of stolen goods). Several questions are raised, including the validity of count 1 of the indictment, and the prejudicial effect of the district court’s instructions to the jury.

The indictment in this case contains three counts. The first charged a theft of certain goods from an interstate shipment of…