UNITED STATES v. MATOS

No. 17909.

444 F.2d 1071 (1971)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Israel MATOS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

March 29, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald P. Alwin, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellant.

William J. Bauer, U. S. Atty., Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellee; John Peter Lulinski, Jeffrey Cole, Steven J. Kadison, Asst. U. S. Attys., of counsel.

Before KILEY, PELL and STEVENS, Circuit Judges.


KILEY, Circuit Judge.

A jury found defendant Matos, a postal employee, guilty, under two separate counts of the indictment, of two thefts from the mail in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1709. Matos has appealed from the judgment on the verdict and concurrent sentences of five years on each count. We reverse and remand for a new trial.

Matos had been a postal employee for more than two years when he was arrested for theft of two watches from packages in the...

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