Willis K. Baker, Jr., and Mervin "Bud" Cornelsen v. United States

HAMLEY, Circuit Judge:

Count one of a three-count indictment, filed on April 7, 1966, charged Charles Raymond Rush, Roger Lee Stephenson, Willis Kingsley Baker, Jr., and Mervin “Bud” Cornelsen, under 18 U.S.C. §§ 371 and 641 (1964), with conspiracy to receive, conceal and convert stolen government property to their own use. Count two of the indictment charged Rush with stealing a quantity of government property in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 641. Count three charged Baker with receiving, concealing and converting a quantity of government property in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 641.

Stephenson pleaded…