Patrick Mac McAbee v. United States

HUFSTEDLER, Circuit Judge:

Appellant appeals from his conviction upon multiple counts of an indictment charging him with violating 18 U.S.C. § 922(i) (interstate transportation of stolen firearms) and 18 U.S.C. § 922(j) (sale of stolen firearms transported in interstate commerce).

He challenges the constitutional validity of instructions to the jury that (1) from proof of his possession of recently stolen guns, if not satisfactorily ex plained, the jury could infer that he knew that the guns had been stolen, and (2) from proof of his possession in one state of guns that had been recently stolen…