UNITED STATES v. JOHNSON

No. 74-1514.

515 F.2d 730 (1975)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Cecil Ray JOHNSON, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided May 9, 1975.

Rehearing Denied June 4, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Julius L. Echeles, Carolyn Jaffe, Chicago, Ill., for appellant.

James R. Thompson, U. S. Atty., Gary L. Starkman and Michael D. Groark, Asst. U. S. Attys., Chicago, Ill., for appellee.

Before HASTINGS, Senior Circuit Judge, and SWYGERT and STEVENS, Circuit Judges.


STEVENS, Circuit Judge.

Appellant participated in three purchases of stolen Cadillacs. A jury found him guilty on three substantive counts charging violations of the Dyer Act and on a conspiracy count charging that he and six other defendants were members of a single conspiracy to dispose of stolen motor vehicles moving in interstate commerce.1 On the conspiracy count the government's proof fell far short of its charge since the evidence...

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