UNITED STATES v. FURTNEY

No. 18515.

454 F.2d 1 (1972)

UNITED STATES of America v. Albert Clement FURTNEY III, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided January 19, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis C. La Lumere, Watzman, Levenson & Snyder, Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellant.

Kathleen Kelly Curtin, Asst. U. S. Atty., Pittsburgh, Pa. (Richard L. Thornburgh, U. S. Atty., on the brief), for appellee.

Before SEITZ, Chief Judge, and KALODNER and GIBBONS, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

SEITZ, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment of conviction entered in the district court for utterance of a counterfeit $20 Federal Reserve note with intent to defraud. 18 U.S.C. § 472.

Appellant attempted to pass the $20 bill at a Pittsburgh bar in payment for a drink. Upon receipt of the note the bartender discerned that it was counterfeit and alerted an off-duty policeman who immediately arrested appellant. These...

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