Legal Opinion
John David Powell v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 3, 1969No. 26229PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge:
Appellant, John David Powell, was charged and convicted of receiving and concealing a stolen motor vehicle in interstate commerce in violation of the Dyer Act. 18 U.S.C.A. § 2313. 1 On this appeal Powell assigns two principal errors as grounds for reversal: 1) the failure of the trial court to grant his motion for acquittal at the close of the government’s case, and 2) the erroneous and prejudicial admission into evidence of testimony relating to a car theft ring. 2
With respect to the motion for acquittal, Powell argues there was insufficient evidence for the jury on…
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