Legal Opinion
Battaglia v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided July 16, 1953No. 6609_1PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SOPER, Circuit Judge.
The important question in this case is whether, upon the trial of a person on the charge that he has violated 18 U.S.C.A. § 2312, by transporting a motor vehicle in interstate commerce knowing the same to have been stolen, it is permissible for the judge to charge the jury that possession by the defendant of the stolen car shortly after the commission of the theft and transportation gives rise to a reasonable inference of guilt of knowingly transporting the-stolen vehicle in the absence of an explanation justifying the possession.
Victor Battaglia, the appellant, anfd…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Bollenbach v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Wilson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- Dunlop v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
- McNamara v. HenkelSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
- Rosen v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1920
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3Cited by25 opinions
- Willie E. Pendergrast v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1969
- Herbert W. Bray v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1962
- Theodore O. Travers v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1964
- United States v. Jimmy Victor AbigandoCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
- Ronald J. Harding v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1964
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