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UNITED STATES v. COTTON

No. 20354.

446 F.2d 865 (1971)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Richard H. COTTON, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

August 17, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard W. Swanson, Assistant Dean, University of Minnesota, Law School, Minneapolis, Minn., for appellant.

Joseph W. Larimore, Asst. U. S. Atty., Minneapolis, Minn., Robert G. Renner, U. S. Atty., Neal J. Shapiro, Asst. U. S. Atty., Minneapolis, Minn., for appellee.

Before GIBSON and ROSS, Circuit Judges, and EISELE, District Judge.

PER CURIAM.

The defendant was convicted in a three-count jury trial of possessing and transferring counterfeit obligations of the United States and of conspiracy to pass counterfeit obligations of the United States in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 472, 473 and 371. He was sentenced to an aggregate of seven years imprisonment.

The only issue raised by defendant on appeal is a claimed lack at the trial stage of effective assistance of counsel as required...

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