UNITED STATES v. BECKMAN

No. 80-2127.

662 F.2d 661 (1981)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Kevin Mark BECKMAN, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

Decided October 21, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stanley Kotovsky, Jr., Albuquerque, N. M. (R. E. Thompson, U. S. Atty., Don J. Svet, First Asst. U. S. Atty., and Robert J. Baca, Asst. U. S. Atty., Albuquerque, N. M., with him on the brief), for plaintiff-appellee.

William W. Deaton, Federal Public Defender, Albuquerque, N. M., for defendant-appellant.

Before McWILLIAMS, BREITENSTEIN and McKAY, Circuit Judges.


McWILLIAMS, Circuit Judge.

Beckman was convicted by a jury on all counts of a three-count indictment charging him with the passing of counterfeit $100 bills in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on April 22, 1980.* Each count was based on a separate passing. On appeal Beckman urges two grounds for reversal: (1) improper closing argument by the prosecutor; and (2) ineffective assistance of trial counsel...

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