United States v. Clarence Edward Teeslink
Opinion
Opinion
On November 1, 1967, appellant, Clarence Edward Teeslink (hereinafter Tees-link), enlisted in the United States Marine Corps. On December 16, 1967, he went absent without official leave and traveled to the State of Washington to locate his father. He had no other way to get there so he stole a car and drove it from the State of California to the State of Washington.
On January 12, 1968, he was arrested, and on February 26, 1968, he pleaded guilty in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington at Spokane to a violation of 18 U.S.C.A. § 2312 , interstate transportation of a stolen motor vehicle. As a result of his conviction, Teeslink was placed on probation for a period of three years.
On March 17, 1968, twenty days from the date of Teeslink’s conviction in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington, he stole another car and drove it from San Diego, California to Eloy, Arizona. On October 30, 1968, he was convicted in the United States District Court for the Southern District of California of a violation of 18 U.S.C.A. § 2312 , interstate transportation of a stolen motor vehicle. A timely appeal was taken to this court…