Kyle Melkonian v. United States
The federal theft-of-government-property statute lays out two distinct offenses in two separate paragraphs, punishing the initial theft of government property and subsequent receipt of already-stolen government property. See 18 U.S.C. § 641.
The question presented is whether the Eleventh Circuit's conflation of 18 U.S.C. § 641's two distinct offenses runs afoul of the plain text of the statute, its application by every other circuit court that has addressed the issue, as well as this Court's precedents.
Whether the Eleventh Circuit's conflation of 18 U.S.C. § 641's two distinct offenses runs afoul of the plain text of the statute, its application by every other circuit court, and this Court's precedents