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UNITED STATES v. WRIGHT

No. 75-2002.

540 F.2d 1247 (1976)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Howard WRIGHT, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided September 17, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Robert Faucette (Quinn & Faucette, Columbia, S.C., on brief), for appellant.

Thomas P. Simpson, Asst. U. S. Atty., Columbia, S.C. (Mark W. Buyck, Jr., U. S. Atty., Columbia, S.C., on brief), for appellee.

Before HAYNSWORTH, Chief Judge, and WINTER and BUTZNER, Circuit Judges.

HAYNSWORTH, Chief Judge:

One who knowingly receives money stolen from a bank is a felon or a misdemeanant, depending upon whether more than $100 was involved. More than $15,000 was stolen from the bank, but Wright contends he was improperly convicted and sentenced as a felon since there was a failure of proof that the money he received was more than $100. We reject the contention and affirm the judgment, for, as we construe the statute, the monetary requirement is...

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