United States v. Donaciano L. Pecina

GIBSON, Circuit Judge.

Defendant, Donaciano L. Pecina, was charged in two separate indictments; the first charged defendant in four counts with stealing women’s clothing, possessing the same clothing, stealing men’s coats, and possessing the same coats, 1 and the second charged defendant with injuring Jerome Daniel (Dan) McFarland, a Government informant in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1510. 2 The trial of the two cases was consolidated, and the jury found defendant guilty of stealing and possessing the women’s clothing and of injuring the Government informant. The District Court 3 sentenced…