UNITED STATES of America
v.
Phillip M. COGGINS, Appellant.
United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued January 22, 1970.
Decided September 4, 1970.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Mr. Mark E. Fields (appointed by this court) for appellant.
Mr. John Ellsworth Stein, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Messrs. Thomas A. Flannery, U. S. Atty., John A. Terry and Victor W. Caputy, Asst. U. S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellee. Mr. David G. Bress, U. S. Atty., at the time the record was filed, also entered an appearance for appellee.
Before FAHY, Senior Circuit Judge, and ROBINSON and MacKINNON, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.
PER CURIAM:
On this appeal, from a conviction of grand larceny,1 we confront initially the question whether evidence establishing the theft of several articles by a single act of taking, when coupled with evidence establishing the accused's possession of some of the articles recently thereafter, permits an inference, in the absence of satisfactory explanation of the possession, that the accused is the person who stole them all. If it does...
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