Legal Opinion
Willie Ray Smith v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided May 22, 1956No. 99-35713PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DENMAN, Chief Judge.
Smith appeals from his conviction of violating 18 U.S.C. § 2312 which prohibits transporting a motor vehicle in interstate commerce knowing it to have been stolen. 1 He argues that the term “stolen” means no more than common law larceny, 2 and that the evidence is not sufficient to support a verdict of guilty based on such a construction of Section 2312.
One Riggs purchased a 1949 Ford under a conditional sales contract which gave him possession and put title in the Home Finance Co. of Phoenix, Arizona, Riggs owned two other automobiles and planned to move from Arizona to…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Stein v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Brooks v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
- Leo Elwert v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1956
- United States v. BucurCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1952
- Davilman v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1950
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3Cited by11 opinions
- United States v. TurleySupreme Court of the United States · 1957
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- Robert E. Morgan v. United States of America, (Two Cases)Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1967
- Edward S. Lemasters, Sr. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1967
- R. B. Boone v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1956
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