DeVORE v. UNITED STATES

No. 20606.

368 F.2d 396 (1966)

James Douglas DeVORE et al., Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

October 28, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald H. Petica, of Powers & Rehnquist, Phoenix, Ariz., for appellants.

William P. Copple, U. S. Atty., Morton Sitver, Asst. U. S. Atty., Phoenix, Ariz., for appellee.

Before HAMLEY, BROWNING, and DUNIWAY, Circuit Judges.


BROWNING, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment convicting appellants of transporting a vehicle in interstate commerce, knowing it to have been stolen, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2312. We hold that it was reversible error to admit proof implicating appellants in the unauthorized use of a stolen department store credit card.

On July 12, 1964, a Standard Oil Company credit card and a Birmingham, Alabama, department store "charg-a-plate" were...

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