MILLER v. UNITED STATES

No. 25476.

397 F.2d 272 (1968)

William Clarence MILLER, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

July 9, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stewart C. Eggert Tampa, Fla., for appellant.

Robert H. Mackenzie, Asst. U. S. Atty., Tampa, Fla., for appellee.

Before THORNBERRY and SIMPSON, Circuit Judges, and SUTTLE, District Judge.


THORNBERRY, Circuit Judge:

This appeal is from a judgment entered on a jury verdict finding appellant guilty of forging and uttering a United States Treasury check in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 495. We affirm.

The first contention is that the trial judge erred in allowing into evidence a forgery conviction that occurred five years prior to the present offense. It is urged that admission of the prior forgery conviction violated the well-settled rule that...

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