GEE, Circuit Judge:
Appellant challenges two parts of the lower court's charge to a jury that convicted him of conspiracy to produce and possession of counterfeit bills. We agree with both his objections and, finding each error prejudicial, accordingly reverse.
First, the trial judge instructed the jury that "[w]hen a conspiracy has been established by competent proof, only slight evidence is necessary to connect a person with the conspiracy." As this court...
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