UNITED STATES v. MAXWELL

Nos. 76-2139, 76-2140.

588 F.2d 568 (1978)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Madeline MAXWELL and Walter Archibald Younge, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 15, 1978.

Rehearing Denied November 24 and December 20, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alfred S. Vano, Chicago, Ill., Jack A. Strellis, Belleville, Ill., for defendants-appellants.

Robert Simpkins, Asst. U. S. Atty., East St. Louis, Ill., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before PELL, TONE and BAUER, Circuit Judges.


TONE, Circuit Judge.

This opinion addresses three issues, (1) whether funds disbursed by a college under a student financial aid program were federal funds and thus covered by 18 U.S.C. § 641, (2) if so, whether transportation of fraudulent checks of the college drawn on the funds violated 18 U.S.C. § 2314 in view of the exception for federal securities contained in that section, and (3) whether the instructions given to the jury on the necessity of knowledge...

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