MORRISON v. UNITED STATES

No. 73-1442.

491 F.2d 344 (1974)

Malcolm Ralph MORRISON, Defendant-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided February 12, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clyde A. Christian, Omaha, Neb., for appellant.

Stephen Muehlberg, Asst. U. S. Atty., Omaha, Neb., for appellee.

Before GIBSON and ROSS, Circuit Judges, and TALBOT SMITH, Senior District Judge.


TALBOT SMITH, Senior District Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction for passing a counterfeit $20 bill (Count I) and for possession of an additional $400 of counterfeit currency (Count III).1

The appellant ordered two beers at Marina Inn on February 5, 1972 and paid for them with a $20 bill. The waitress who served him testified that "this one looked so obvious that it just caught our attention." She took it to the bartender...

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