Opinion ID: 562406
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Heading: sufficiency of the evidence

Text: 25 As with the conviction under the conspiracy count, the jury's verdict cannot be overturned for insufficient evidence where, viewing the evidence in a light most favorable to the government, any rational trier of facts could have found the defendant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. United States v. Jackson, 863 F.2d 1168, 1173 (4th Cir.1989). Appellant contends that the evidence is insufficient to support the conclusion that the $5000 sent by Stokes to Salema was stolen property. 26 The record, however, fairly supports no other conclusion. Salema gave a bogus $50,000 check to Stokes in late October. On October 25, Stokes opened a new account at Maryland National and deposited only the bogus Guardian check. Two weeks later, after a telephone call from Salema, Stokes withdrew $45,000 from that same account, and that evening, wired the $5000 to Salema, addressed to Salema under an alias. At the time she opened the Maryland National savings account, Stokes claimed that she was unemployed. Stokes' application containing that statement was entered into evidence. The inference is that the money Stokes wired to Salema was withdrawn from her account at Maryland National Bank. Thus, the money itself, as the product of the fraudulent scheme, was stolen property. The jury had enough evidence to conclude beyond a reasonable doubt that Salema had caused the interstate transportation of $5000 obtained by fraud from Maryland National Bank, and obviously did so conclude.