United States v. Stephen Ray Mitchell, A/K/A James Alexander Mitchell

BRIGHT, Circuit Judge.

Stephen Ray Mitchell appeals from his conviction upon a jury trial of willfully and knowingly transporting in interstate commerce a stolen motor vehicle in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2312, 1 and of willfully and knowingly concealing a stolen motor vehicle in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2313. 2 Mitchell was sentenced to four years in prison on count I, and three and one-half years’ probation on count II, to be served consecutively. We affirm.

Appellant Mitchell, driving a 1974 Lincoln Continental automobile, was stopped by police in Boone County, Missouri, about 120 miles east…