UNITED STATES v. DUNN

No. 80-1146.

640 F.2d 987 (1981)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Albert L. DUNN, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided February 23, 1981.

As Amended March 19, 1981.

Rehearing Denied May 28, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas F. Pitaro, Bilbray, Gibbons & Pitaro, Las Vegas, Nev., for defendant-appellant.

Ruth L. Cohen, Asst. U. S. Atty., Las Vegas, Nev., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before GOODWIN and BOOCHEVER, Circuit Judges, and HARRIS, District Judge.


GOODWIN, Circuit Judge.

The principal issue in this appeal from a conviction of conspiracy to counterfeit United States currency is whether certain marginally prejudicial irregularities, when combined with an extremely thin case for the prosecution, require a new trial.

The only evidence connecting Albert Dunn with the conspiracy was the testimony of one of the counterfeiters who was caught in the act of manufacturing money and who was granted immunity for...

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