U.S. v. MASTERS

87-1006, 87-1023, 87-1124 and 87-1125.

840 F.2d 587 (1988)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Ralph MASTERS, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Donald ROBERSON, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Donald BROWN, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. James BROWN, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided February 29, 1988.

Rehearing Denied April 1, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard K. Zerr, St. Louis, Mo., for D. Brown.

Brad Dede, Pacific, Mo., for other appellants.

Dean R. Hoag, Asst. U.S. Atty., St. Louis, Mo., for U.S.

Before FAGG and MAGILL, Circuit Judges, and BRIGHT, Senior Circuit Judge.


MAGILL, Circuit Judge.

Ralph Masters, James Brown, Donald Brown, and Donald Roberson appeal their convictions following a joint trial on charges stemming from their business of marketing stolen trucks in interstate commerce. We affirm their convictions for the reasons set forth below.

I. BACKGROUND.

In the spring of 1985, the Federal Bureau of Investigation established an undercover operation in St. Louis, Missouri, to catch traffickers in stolen...

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