UNITED STATES v. FEARNS

No. 74-1067.

501 F.2d 486 (1974)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Eugene FEARNS, Jr., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 12, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elliot M. Samuels, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellant.

Donald B. Mackay, U.S. Atty., Springfield, Ill., Max J. Lipkin, Asst. U. S. Atty., Peoria, Ill., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before CLARK, Associate Justice, CAMPBELL, Senior District Judge, and TONE, Circuit Judge.


TONE, Circuit Judge.

The defendant Eugene Fearns, Jr. was convicted in a trial before a jury of possession of United States Treasury checks stolen from the mail and forging, or aiding and abetting in the forging, of the checks for the purpose of receiving money from the United States. (18 U. S.C. §§ 1708, 495 and 2.) On appeal he argues insufficiency of the evidence, error in the admission of evidence of other crimes...

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