Legal Opinion

United States v. Robert J. Strauss

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Decided June 11, 1982No. 81-5357PublishedCited by 44 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

JOHNSON, Circuit Judge:

Robert J. Strauss appeals his criminal convictions for receiving in interstate commerce motor vehicles and a boat, knowing that the goods were stolen.

I. FACTS

Daniel Ott stole a boat and trailer in his home state of Ohio. 1 He called his friend Lester King to say that he would like to bring the boat to Florida. King offered to let Ott store the boat on his property in Florida and told Ott that he could be contacted at the home of appellant Strauss, a Florida deputy sheriff whom Ott had not yet met. Ott altered the boat’s identification numbers, using tools that King had…

2Cases cited34 opinions

  1. Glasser v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
  2. Spinelli v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  3. Draper v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
  4. Zurcher v. Stanford DailySupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  5. Barnes v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1973

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3Cited by44 opinions

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  2. United States v. Conrad Slay, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1983
  3. United States v. Mervyn Harold Cross A/K/A Eric Cross, and Robert Carter LodgeCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1991
  4. United States v. Cruz, Jose, United States of America v. Alverio, Julian MiguelCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1990
  5. United States v. Robert HarperCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2006

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