UNITED STATES v. ORRICO

No. 78-5210.

599 F.2d 113 (1979)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Gennaro J. ORRICO, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided May 9, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bernard A. Berkman, Berkman, Gordon, Kancelbaum & Levy, Cleveland, Ohio, for defendant-appellant.

James R. Williams, U. S. Atty., Cleveland, Ohio, Deborah Watson, T. George Gilinsky, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before ENGEL, Circuit Judge, PECK, Senior Circuit Judge, and DeMASCIO, District Judge.


JOHN W. PECK, Senior Circuit Judge.

The defendant Gennaro Orrico was convicted on two counts of violating 18 U.S.C. § 2314. Specifically, he was charged with having caused the transportation of certain checks in interstate commerce, knowing them to have been converted and taken by fraud. We reverse and remand for entry of a judgment of acquittal, having concluded that insufficient evidence was introduced to sustain the verdicts of guilty.

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