Opinion ID: 145206
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Heading: Receiving and Transporting Stolen Goods

Text: Cabrera next disputes the sufficiency of the evidence to support his convictions for receiving stolen goods under 18 U.S.C. § 2315, and transporting stolen goods under 18 U.S.C. § 2314. To support a conviction under each of these statutes, the Government was required to show Cabrera knew the goods in question were stolen. See 18 U.S.C. §§ 2314, 2315. Cabrera contends the evidence was insufficient to demonstrate that he knew the goods were stolen. Cabrera’s association with the other robbers in the area of the break-in near the time of the crime while in possession of the type of tools needed to accomplish the theft, along with his failure to offer a plausible alternative explanation as to his reason for traveling from Florida to Texas with the other robbers on the weekend of the crime, was sufficient to allow a reasonable jury to conclude that Cabrera knew the goods in question were stolen. Having found the evidence sufficient to support the jury’s verdict on all three counts, we affirm Cabrera’s convictions. 4