UNITED STATES v. SEALS

No. 76-1457.

545 F.2d 26 (1976)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. David SEALS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided November 19, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas A. Lockyear, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellant.

Samuel K. Skinner, U.S. Atty., Jeffrey J. Kent, Asst. U.S. Atty., Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before CLARK, Associate Justice, and SPRECHER and TONE, Circuit Judges.


SPRECHER, Circuit Judge.

The principal question in this appeal is whether an offender may be convicted of both robbing a mail employee under 18 U.S.C. § 2114 and of possessing the same stolen mail shortly thereafter under § 1708.

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The defendant was charged by an information with two counts, one charging violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2114 and the second charging violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1708, but both relating to the same "four bundles...

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