John Moore v. United States

Appellant was convicted of unauthorized use of a vehicle, 1 housebreaking, 2 and petit larceny. 3 The evidence showed that he and one David Proctor had been arrested by two police officers on a parking lot at 2:00 A.M. on February 5, 1964. The officers testified that appellant was backing a stolen automobile across the parking lot and that both appellant and Proctor jumped from the car and ran when they saw the police. The automobile was found to contain items which had earlier been stolen from Hank & Bill Motors. 4

Appellant flatly denied all of the charges and further testified that he was…