United States v. Gene Bates

MAJOR, Senior Circuit Judge.

Defendant Bates appeals from a judgment of conviction based on Counts 7, 8 and 10 of a ten-count indictment, all of which related in some way to the transportation of stolen automobiles. Count 1 charged Bates, five named defendants and two persons not named with conspiring to transport in interstate commerce and dispose of stolen motor vehicles, in violation of Title 18 U.S.C.A. Sec. 371. Counts 2 through 6 charged substantive violations of Title 18 U.S. C.A. Sec. 2312, by various defendants during 1964. Counts 7 through 10 charged similar violations during 1965.…