PAZ v. UNITED STATES

No. 24185.

387 F.2d 428 (1967)

Alvino Cortez PAZ, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

December 28, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James M. Bowers, Pampa, Tex., for appellant.

Melvin M. Diggs, U. S. Atty., Conard L. Florence, Alex H. McGlinchey, Asst. U. S. Attys., for appellee.

Before TUTTLE, GEWIN and GODBOLD, Circuit Judges.


GODBOLD, Circuit Judge:

Appellant appeals from his conviction on a two count indictment under 18 U.S. C.A. § 472.1 Count one charged passing a described counterfeit $20 bill, count two possession of a second counterfeit $20 bill.

The sole issue is whether there was evidence from which the jury could conclude that Paz had the requisite guilty knowledge that the bills were counterfeit. Paz, in the company of a codefendant who...

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