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JOSEPH v. UNITED STATES

No. 20622.

440 F.2d 772 (1971)

James Arthur JOSEPH, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

March 30, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Con Keating, Lincoln, Neb., filed brief for appellant.

Richard A. Dier. U. S. Atty., Omaha, Neb., and William J. Tighe, Asst. U. S. Atty., filed brief for appellee.

Before VAN OOSTERHOUT, HEANEY and BRIGHT, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

The appellant, James Arthur Joseph, was convicted on his plea of guilty to two counts of check forgery in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2314. The aggregate amount of the two checks, both written on the same day, was $691.29. Joseph was sentenced under 18 U.S.C. § 4208(a) (2)1 to three years on each count, the sentences to run consecutively.

On this appeal, Joseph urges (1) that the severity of his sentence constitutes...

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