UNITED STATES v. SLONE

No. 78-5729.

601 F.2d 800 (1979)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Joe SLONE, a/k/a Jose Cardenas, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 27, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas M. Sherouse, Miami, Fla. (Court-appointed), for defendant-appellant.

Jack V. Eskenazi, U. S. Atty., A. Scott Miller, Linda Collins Hertz, Asst. U. S. Attys., Miami, Fla., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before COLEMAN, TJOFLAT and HILL, Circuit Judges.


COLEMAN, Circuit Judge.

Appellant Joe Slone and his wife, Aida Gil de Cardenas, were tried for illegal possession, with intent to defraud, of $5,000 in counterfeit fifty dollar Federal Reserve Notes, in violation of 18 U.S.C., Section 472 (1976).1 A jury acquitted Cardenas but found Slone guilty. Slone was sentenced to a term of one year and one day. On appeal Slone challenges the sufficiency of the government's evidence, arguing that...

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