UNITED STATES v. BROWN

No. 76-1733.

551 F.2d 236 (1977)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. John Henry BROWN, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided March 16, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan W. Weinblatt, St. Paul, Minn., on brief for appellant.

Elizabeth A. Egan, Asst. U.S. Atty., Minneapolis, Minn., for appellee; Robert G. Renner, U.S. Atty., Minneapolis, Minn., on brief.

Before HEANEY and ROSS, Circuit Judges, and VAN PELT, Senior District Judge.


HEANEY, Circuit Judge.

John Henry Brown appeals from his conviction for taking a package from an authorized depository for mail with design to open, secrete and embezzle in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1702. Brown argues that the trial court erred in refusing his request for a lesser included offense instruction based upon 18 U.S.C. § 1701, in refusing to define "authorized depository for mail" in accordance with his request and in instructing the jury that...

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