Richard Stevens v. United States of America, John A. MacKey v. United States

BURGER, Circuit Judge.

Stevens and Mackey were indicted, tried and convicted of the crime of unauthorized use of a motor vehicle. Each was sentenced to a term of 16 months to 4 years imprisonment. Each defendant has appealed his conviction.

The government called one Gertrude Lewis and established that she was the ■owner of a 1962 Chevrolet four-door sedan. She testified that on the morning ■of Sunday, June 24, 1962, between 1 and 1:30 a. m. she parked her automobile on the street across from her home, rolled up the windows, locked the ignition and doors and entered her home to retire for the…