UNITED STATES v. SHACKELFORD

No. 81-2217.

677 F.2d 422 (1982)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Thomas P. SHACKELFORD, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 1, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roland E. Dahlin, II, Federal Public Defender, Karen K. Brown, Asst. Public Defender, George McCall Secrest, Jr., Houston, Tex., for defendant-appellant.

James R. Gough, Asst. U. S. Atty., Houston, Tex., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before RUBIN and REAVLEY, Circuit Judges, and HUNTER, District Judge.


EDWIN F. HUNTER, Jr., District Judge:

Thomas P. Shackelford was charged by indictment with the theft of a Nagra Recorder, the property of the United States, of a value in excess of $2,000, in violation of Title 18 U.S.C. 641.1 He was tried by a jury and found guilty. A sentence of five years imprisonment was imposed. This appeal followed.

The major attack is on the sufficiency of the evidence...

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