TRUITT v. UNITED STATES

No. 26125.

409 F.2d 569 (1969)

James Earl TRUITT, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

April 4, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary P. Eidelstein, Miami Beach, Fla., for appellant.

William A. Meadows, Jr., U. S. Atty., Morton Orbach, Donald I. Bierman, Asst. U. S. Attys., Miami, Fla., for appellee.

Before THORNBERRY and DYER, Circuit Judges, and KEADY, District Judge.


PER CURIAM:

Appellant was convicted by a jury of forging the endorsement of the payee on the back of a U. S. Treasury check in order to obtain currency. (18 U.S.C. § 495). On appeal, he complains first of the failure of the trial judge to give a cautionary instruction as to the weight to be accorded the testimony of a handwriting expert. The case on which he relies, United States v. Acosta, 4th Cir. 1966, 369 F.2d 41, 42 fn....

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