BATTAGLIA v. UNITED STATES

No. 6609.

205 F.2d 824 (1953)

BATTAGLIA v. UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided July 16, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. T. Joyner, Jr., Raleigh, N. C., for appellant.

Thomas F. Ellis, Asst. U. S. Atty., Raleigh, N. C. (Charles P. Green, U. S. Atty., Raleigh, N. C., on brief), for appellee.

Before PARKER, Chief Judge, and SOPER and DOBIE, Circuit Judges.


SOPER, Circuit Judge.

The important question in this case is whether, upon the trial of a person on the charge that he has violated 18 U.S.C.A. § 2312, by transporting a motor vehicle in interstate commerce knowing the same to have been stolen, it is permissible for the judge to charge the jury that possession by the defendant of the stolen car shortly after the commission of the theft and transportation gives rise to a reasonable inference of guilt of knowingly...

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