Legal Opinion
United States v. Edward James Matzker
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided March 6, 1973No. 72-1300PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MATTHES, Chief Judge.
Appellant Matzker brings this direct appeal from a judgment of conviction, entered upon a jury verdict, of unlawfully possessing three gasoline credit cards stolen from the United States mail knowing they were stolen. For this violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1708 appellant was sentenced to imprisonment for three years.
There are three elements of this crime which the prosecution must prove beyond a reasonable doubt: (1) that the credit cards were stolen from the mails; (2) that the defendant wilfully possessed those cards contrary to law; and (3) that while possessing them the…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Glasser v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- United States v. Irving HinesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1958
- Norbert D. Terlikowski v. United States of America, James Slawek v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1967
- Leasing Associates, Inc. v. Slaughter & Son, Inc., and F. E. Slaughter, as GuarantorCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1971
- United States v. Ernest Esco MooneyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1969
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3Cited by17 opinions
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- United States v. Mark L. Shyres, United States of America v. Joseph E. Martino, United States of America v. Michael A. OrloffCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1990
- Public Finance Co. v. Van BlaricomeSupreme Court of Iowa · 1982
- United States v. Elizabeth Gail AshfordCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1976
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