United States v. Frank Sciortino

This appeal is from a judgment entered after a jury trial in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, George C. Pratt, District Judge. Appellant was convicted on two counts for having violated the National Stolen Property Act, 18 U.S.C. § 2314 (1970).

In count one he was charged with transporting in interstate commerce securities valued at more than $5,000, knowing them to have been stolen, converted, or taken by fraud (§ 2314,111); and in count two he was charged with transporting in interstate commerce forged securities, knowing them to have been forged (§ 2314,…