UNITED STATES v. CANESSA

No. 75-1387.

534 F.2d 402 (1976)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. John F. CANESSA, Jr., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided April 16, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patricia G. Curtin, Boston, Mass., by appointment of the Court, with whom Moulton & Looney, Boston, Mass., was on brief, for defendant-appellant.

Paul E. Troy, Asst. U. S. Atty., Boston, Mass. with whom James N. Gabriel, U. S. Atty., Boston, Mass., was on brief for appellee.

Before COFFIN, Chief Judge, ALDRICH and CAMPBELL, Circuit Judges.


COFFIN, Chief Judge.

Defendant-appellant, John F. Canessa, Jr., appeals from his conviction, after a jury verdict of guilty, of one count of interstate transportation of a stolen motor vehicle, 18 U.S.C. § 2312. His sole contention on appeal is that the district court erred in denying his motion for a judgment of acquittal at the close of the government's case.

In testing the sufficiency of the evidence on a motion for a judgment of acquittal, the court...

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