Legal Opinion
United States v. Benjamin Messina and Jack Alwadish
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided April 22, 1968No. 209, Docket 31255PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAYS, Circuit Judge:
Benjamin Messina and Jack Alwadish were convicted after a jury trial on several counts of transporting and selling stolen motor vehicles in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 2312 and 2313, and they appeal. We affirm the judgments of conviction.
Appellants first challenge the sufficiency of the evidence. The government’s principal witness was Albert E. Farrah, a Connecticut used car dealer who had previously pleaded guilty to receiving a stolen motor vehicle. He testified that appellants had sold cars to him at his lot in Connecticut on several occasions. The prices paid for the…
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