Legal Opinion
Pedro Amado Torres v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided October 20, 1959No. 16370PublishedCited by 69 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BARNES, Circuit Judge.
Appellant was indicted on a two count indictment charging him with theft of a movie camera and accessories moving in interstate commerce, and with possession of the same property knowing it to have been stolen from interstate commerce. Both counts were based on 18 U.S.C. § 659.
After trial on both counts, the jury found Torres not guilty of the theft, but guilty of possession. Appellant filed a motion for judgment of acquittal, and, alternately, a motion for a new trial. Each was denied. Timely appeal was taken from the judgment and commitment which sentenced him to…
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