United States v. Isaac Zabare, A/K/A "The Rabbi"

PIERCE, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal from a judgment of conviction entered in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, after a three-day bench trial before Judge Charles S. Haight, Jr. Appellant Isaac Zabare was convicted of conspiring to deal in stolen goods in interstate commerce, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371; he was sentenced to three years’ probation. Zabare contends, inter alia, that the evidence of his participation in the conspiracy charged was insufficient to support his conviction. Zabare also asserts that the district court improperly admitted…