Legal Opinion
United States v. Jerome Dawson
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 26, 1979No. 79-5160PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KRAVITCH, Circuit Judge.
Jerome Dawson was convicted of two counts of possessing stolen mail in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1708. On appeal Dawson argues that the district court erred in overruling his motion for a judgment of acquittal at the close of the government’s case. We find that there was insufficient evidence that the items in question were stolen from the mail; accordingly, we reverse.
The items in question are two American Express money orders which the parties stipulated were properly placed in the United States mails at Rochester, New York on or about March 7, 1978. The addressee was…
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