United States v. Johnnie Joyner

STEPHENSON, Circuit Judge.

This direct criminal appeal is taken from a jury’s verdict of guilty on an indictment charging appellant Joyner with the knowing concealment, removal and conversion with intent to defraud of a truck tractor mortgaged to the Small Business Administration (SBA) having a value in excess of $100, a violation of 15 U.S.C. § 645(c). Appellant alleges that errors in the indictment, in the conduct of the trial, and in the instructions to the jury compel reversal of this conviction. In addition, appellant contends that the evidence was insufficient to sustain the verdict and…