United States v. James Alan "Jamie" Vigliatura

This case involves the theft of goods in interstate commerce. The defendant appeals his conviction on three grounds each allegedly involving plain error. We reject his arguments and affirm his conviction.

I. BACKGROUND

Bruce Nolf (Nolf) was a local route truck driver for Brown Transportation Corporation (Brown). On March 10, 1986, Nolf drove a Brown truck to pick up forty-eight television sets and twenty-five television cabinets from a Brown warehouse in Tampa, Florida. The shipment of televisions and cabinets had originated in South Plain-field, New Jersey, and Nolf was to deliver these items…