United States v. Hale
United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
857 F.3d 158 (2017)
- Written by Sarah Holley, JD
Facts
Steven M. Hale (defendant) owned and operated a warehouse through which he sold allegedly stolen goods. According to the government, Hale was part of an organized retail-theft scheme in which professional shoplifters, also known as boosters, stole goods from retail stores and then sold those goods to so-called first-level fences, who in turn sold the goods to Hale, a second-level fence, who profited by selling these stolen goods at his warehouse. Hale was convicted of transporting stolen goods in interstate commerce, knowing the goods to be stolen, and of conspiring to do the same. Hale appealed his conviction on grounds that there was insufficient evidence to support the district court’s decision to provide the jury with a willful-blindness instruction and to otherwise support the jury’s finding that he knew the goods in question were stolen.
Rule of Law
Issue
Holding and Reasoning (Niemeyer, J.)
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