UNITED STATES v. TROTTA

Nos. 11587, 11868.

401 F.2d 514 (1968)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Anthony Thomas TROTTA, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. John Anthony GENOVESE, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided September 27, 1968.

Certiorari Denied March 10, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard J. Tavss, Norfolk, Va. (Court-appointed counsel) [Sacks, Sacks & Tavss, Norfolk, Va., on brief] for appellant Anthony Thomas Trotta.

Andrew S. Fine, Norfolk, Va. (Court-appointed counsel) [Fine, Fine, Legum & Fine, Norfolk, Va., on brief] for appellant John Anthony Genovese.

Alfred D. Swersky, Asst. U. S. Atty. (C. V. Spratley, Jr., U. S. Atty., on brief) for appellee.

Before HAYNSWORTH, Chief Judge, and CRAVEN and BUTZNER, Circuit Judges.


Certiorari Denied March 10, 1969. See 89 S.Ct. 1019.

CRAVEN, Circuit Judge:

The evidence strongly tends to show that defendants Trotta and Genovese passed and attempted to pass counterfeit money at two restaurants in Norfolk, Virginia. At Doumar's Drive-In, Trotta attempted to pay for Coca-Colas with a ten-dollar bill which the waiter refused as counterfeit. Trotta represented the bill as genuine, saying that he had obtained it from the First National Bank...

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