The following excerpt is from U.S. v. Hardison, 101 F.3d 681 (2nd Cir. 1996):
Defendant challenges his conviction on the ground that the evidence was legally insufficient to prove that he knew the objects he had transported were stolen. In order to prove the defendant guilty of interstate transportation of stolen property, the government must establish beyond a reasonable doubt, inter alia, that at the time of the transportation, the defendant knew the property was stolen, converted, or taken by fraud. See Dowling v. United States, 473 U.S. 207, 214 (1985). A conviction must stand if, after the "evidence [is] viewed in the light most favorable to the government and all permissible inferences [are] drawn in its favor," the evidence could "convince any rational trier of fact of the defendant's guilt beyond a reasonable doubt." United States v. Martinez, 54 F.3d 1040, 1042 (2d Cir.), cert. denied, 116 S.Ct. 545 (1995).
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