UNITED STATES v. MAKRES

No. 78-1396.

598 F.2d 1072 (1979)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Peter A. MAKRES, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided May 8, 1979.

Rehearing Denied June 8, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert S. Bailey, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellant.

Thomas P. Sullivan, U. S. Atty., Julian Solotorovsky, Asst. U. S. Atty., Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before SPRECHER, TONE and WOOD, Circuit Judges.


TONE, Circuit Judge.

The issues in this case are (1) whether the trial judge abused his discretion in dismissing a juror for tardiness, and (2) whether the defendant may be convicted and cumulatively punished for both (a) possessing stolen mail and (b) uttering United States Treasury checks containing forged endorsements, when the stolen mail possessed consists of the Treasury checks. We answer both questions in favor of the prosecution and affirm.

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