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482 F.2d 360

Docket No. 73-1454

United States v. Lawrence

Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals

Decided Aug. 14, 1973.

Certiorari Denied Dec. 3, 1973.

Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals · decided 1973-08-14

Cited by 3 later decisions — most recently October 1976

3 federal appellate ·

2 counsel of record

Applies 18 U.S.C. § 2313

Relies on Glasser v. United States · Isbell Enterprises, Inc. v. Citizens Casualty Co. of New York

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Opinion by (per_curiam) · Decided 1973-08-14

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¶1Summary Calendar.*

¶2See 94 S.Ct. 582.

¶3Edward A. Dempsey, Jr., Jacksonville, Fla. (Court appointed) for defendant-appellant.

¶4John L. Briggs, U. S. Atty., Jacksonville, Fla., Peter L. Dearing Asst. U. S. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.

¶5Before JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge, and DYER and SIMPSON, Circuit Judges.

¶7PER CURIAM:

¶8John David Lawrence appeals from his jury conviction, judgment and sentence to three concurrent 2Y¡ year confinement sentences for violations of the Dyer Act, Title 18 U.S.C. Sec. 2313. Each of the vehicles involved was stolen in another state and sold by Lawrence in Florida within a relatively short time, under title papers to a similar vehicle which had been wrecked and with its Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) altered to conform to the title papers.

¶9Both contentions urged on appeal question the sufficiency of the evidence to support the convictions under the respective counts: (1) that the trial court erred in denying appellant’s motions for judgment of acquittal, and (2) that the trial court erroneously overruled his motions for new trial.

¶10 Viewed in the light most favorable to the United States, Glasser v. United States, 1942, 315 U.S. 60, 80, 62 S.Ct. 457, 469, 86 L.Ed. 680, 704, the evidence as to each count1 amply sufficed to warrant the jury’s verdict of guilty. The judgments appealed from are

¶11Affirmed.

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