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UNITED STATES v. TUCKER

No. 73-1424.

486 F.2d 1040 (1973)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Robert TUCKER, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

October 11, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert M. Evans, St. Louis, Mo., for appellant.

No brief was filed by appellee's counsel.

Before HEANEY, BRIGHT and ROSS, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

The appellant, Robert Tucker, was convicted of a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2314, in causing to be transported in interstate commerce two forged money orders. He objects on appeal to the following instruction given below:

"Possession of property recently stolen, if not satisfactorily explained, is ordinarily a circumstance from which the jury may reasonably draw the inference and find in the light of surrounding circumstances shown by the evidence...

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