UNITED STATES v. BREEDLOVE

No. 77-5778 Summary Calendar.

576 F.2d 57 (1978)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Leonard A. BREEDLOVE and Eugene Harding Smith, Jr., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 5, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald R. Cooley, Springfield, Mo., for defendants-appellants.

Robert E. Hauberg, U. S. Atty., Daniel Lynn, Asst. U. S. Atty., Jackson, Miss., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before BROWN, Chief Judge, COLEMAN and VANCE, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Leonard Breedlove and Eugene Smith were found guilty by a jury on two counts for transporting stolen automobiles in interstate commerce in violation of 18 U.S.C.A. § 2312. After receiving concurrent three-year sentences on each count, they appeal. We affirm.

The appellants first attack the District Court's instruction on the reasonable doubt standard. Specifically, they object to the instruction that "reasonable doubt means actual, substantial...

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