UNITED STATES v. FIELDS

Nos. 902, 903, Dockets 72-1325, 72-1326.

466 F.2d 119 (1972)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. James Matthew FIELDS and William Lee Hamilton, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided September 5, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gavin W. Scotti, Asst. U.S. Atty. (Robert A. Morse, U.S. Atty., E. D. N.Y.; David G. Trager, Asst. U.S. Atty., on the brief), for appellee.

Pierce Gerety, Jr., New York City (Robert Kasanof, The Legal Aid Society, New York City, on the brief), for appellant Fields.

Richard I. Rosenkrantz, Brooklyn, N.Y., submitted for appellant Hamilton.

Before FEINBERG, MULLIGAN and OAKES, Circuit Judges.


FEINBERG, Circuit Judge:

James Matthew Fields and William Lee Hamilton appeal from their conviction in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, after a jury trial before Mark A. Costantino, J., on various counts all having to do with the interstate transportation of a stolen tractor trailer containing a shipment of beef. Both appellants were convicted of unlawfully receiving and possessing the trailer in violation of 18 U.S.C. §...

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