UNITED STATES v. MAESTAS

No. 76-2103.

546 F.2d 1177 (1977)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Mary Delores MAESTAS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied March 16, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lucian B. Campbell, Federal Public Defender, C. Larry Mathews, Jr., Asst. Federal Public Defender, El Paso, Tex., for defendant-appellant.

John E. Clark, U.S. Atty., San Antonio, Tex., Michael T. Milligan, Asst. U.S. Atty., El Paso, Tex., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before BROWN, Chief Judge, GODBOLD, Circuit Judge, and MEHRTENS, District Judge.


MEHRTENS, District Judge:

This is an appeal from a jury conviction on two counts of causing forged checks to be transported in interstate commerce, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2314. We affirm.

A check purportedly issued by the Harris Trust and Savings Bank of Chicago, Illinois was presented for payment at a bank in El Paso, Texas. The check was payable to and purportedly endorsed by a Chatherine Reynolds, and...

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