UNITED STATES v. OWENS

No. 19925.

424 F.2d 266 (1970)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Wilbert OWENS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

April 22, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

F. Glen Sisson, Memphis, Tenn., Brett B. Stein, Memphis, Tenn. (Court Appointed), on the brief, for appellant.

Kemper B. Durand, Memphis, Tenn., Thomas F. Turley, Jr., U. S. Atty., William A. McTighe, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., Memphis, Tenn., on the brief, for appellee.

Before EDWARDS, PECK, and McCREE, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

We consider appellant's direct appeal from a conviction following a jury trial for the offense of obstructing the mail in violation of Title 18, U.S.C. §§ 1702 and 2. The indictment charged appellant with unlawfully, wilfully and knowingly taking a letter which had been in the United States Post Office before it was delivered to the addressee with design to obstruct the correspondence of such addressee.

Two issues are presented on appeal...

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