United States v. Morris Saletko

KERNER, Circuit Judge.

Morris Saletko was found guilty by a jury on a single count indictment charging him with the possession of goods known to have been stolen from interstate commerce in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 659. 1 The district court imposed a sentence of eight years and the defendant has appealed.

This is defendant’s second conviction and appeal arising out of the same incident. Saletko and 17 others were first indicted in 1966 for conspiracy and possession of goods stolen from interstate commerce. He was convicted of both conspiracy and possession and sentenced to 5 years on each…