Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Michael FLORIG, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2016-01-14
Citations: 628 F. App'x 203
Docket Number: No. 15-4472
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Michael FLORIG, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before WILKINSON, KING, and SHEDD, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 628
Pages: 203–203

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Michael FLORIG, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 15-4472.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted: Dee. 22, 2015.
Decided: Jan. 14, 2016.
Richard J. Link, Jr., Karpel, Link & Caporaletti, Rockville, Maryland, for Appellant. Rod J. Rosenstein, United States Attorney, Hollis Raphael Weisman, Assistant United States Attorney, Greenbelt, Maryland, for Appellee.
Before WILKINSON, KING, and SHEDD, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
Affirmed by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
In a bench trial before a magistrate judge, Michael Florig was convicted of theft of government property. The district court affirmed his conviction. On appeal, Florig argues that there was insufficient evidence that the property found in his possession belonged to the Government because the only evidence on this issue was circumstantial.
"We review a challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence de novo. If, viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the Government, we find there is substantial evidence to support the conviction, we will affirm the jury verdict." United States v. McDonnell, 792 F.3d 478, 515 (4th Cir. 2015) (internal quotation marks and citation omitted), petition for cert. filed, — U.S.L.W. - (U.S. Oct. 15, 2015) (No. 15-474). Significantly, "circumstantial evidence is treated no differently than direct evidence, and may be sufficient to support a guilty verdict even though it does not exclude every reasonable hypothesis consistent with innocence." United States v. Gray, 137 F.3d 765, 772 (4th Cir.1998) (internal quotation marks omitted). In this case, the circumstantial evidence that the property found in Florig's car belonged to the commissary where he worked, as aptly summarized in the district court's opinion, was overwhelming. Accordingly, we conclude that the evidence was sufficient to support Florig's conviction.
We affirm the judgment of the district court. We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before this court and argument would not aid the decisional process.
AFFIRMED.