UNITED STATES v. McLAURN

No. 78-5005 Summary Calendar.

580 F.2d 811 (1978)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Robert James McLAURN, Jr., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied October 20, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chalmers H. Barnes, Jacksonville, Fla. (Court-Appointed), for defendant-appellant.

John L. Briggs, U.S. Atty., Thomas E. Morris, Asst. U.S. Atty., Jacksonville, Fla., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before BROWN, Chief Judge, COLEMAN and VANCE, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Robert James McLaurn, Jr. was convicted on the first count of a three count indictment and sentenced to confinement for eighteen months. The count under which he was convicted charged unlawful possession of a stolen government check. The counts under which he was acquitted charged that he caused a forged endorsement of the same check and caused the check to be uttered and published as true.

On appeal McLaurn first challenges the sufficiency of...

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