Legal Opinion
United States v. Juan Carlos Torres Santiago
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 8, 1984No. 83-1591PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Chief Judge.
Appellant was convicted under a two-count indictment charging him with knowingly receiving, concealing, and retaining stolen property of the United States in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 641. 1 The property consisted of two United States Treasury checks, each for $149.30, drawn to Carmen Ramos in payment of her Social Security benefits. Appellant was sentenced to two three-year prison terms to be served concurrently. He now challenges both the sufficiency of the evidence and the severity of the sentence.
I. SUFFICIENCY OF THE EVIDENCE
Appellant argues that the…
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