UNITED STATES v. De SIMONE

No. 71-1859.

452 F.2d 554 (1971)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Donald De SIMONE and Philip Caruso, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearings Denied January 7, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lucius M. Dyal, Jr., Tampa, Fla. (Court-appointed), for Donald De Simone.

Arnold D. Levine, Tampa, Fla., for Philip Caruso.

John L. Briggs, U. S. Atty., Hugh N. Smith, Asst. U. S. Atty., Claude H. Tison, Jr., Tampa, Fla., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before BELL, AINSWORTH and GODBOLD, Circuit Judges.


BELL, Circuit Judge:

This appeal is from judgments of conviction entered on jury verdicts finding defendants guilty of conspiring to violate 18 U.S.C.A. § 495 in the forging of endorsements thereon in uttering United States savings bonds, and also of aiding and abetting another in forging the endorsements and uttering the bonds.

The facts disclose a modus operandi of passing stolen bonds by having someone pose as the true owner of the bonds. Appellants...

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