UNITED STATES v. McELROY

No. 79-2516.

644 F.2d 274 (1981)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Charles Ronald McELROY, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Reargued November 17, 1980.

Decided March 17, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas S. White (argued), Robert L. Lackey, Asst. Federal Public Defenders, George E. Schumacher, Federal Public Defender, Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellant.

Sandra D. Jordan (argued), Paul J. Brysh, Frederick W. Thieman, Asst. U. S. Attys., Robert J. Cindrich, U. S. Atty., Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellee.

Before SEITZ, Chief Judge and ALDISERT, ADAMS, GIBBONS, ROSENN, HUNTER, WEIS, GARTH, HIGGINBOTHAM and SLOVITER, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

WEIS, Circuit Judge.

The National Stolen Property Act prohibits the transportation in interstate commerce of forged checks. In this appeal, the defendant argues that the prosecution had to prove that the checks were altered before they were taken over a state line. We conclude that if an unauthorized signature is placed on a check at any point during interstate movement, either before or after a state border is crossed, the statute has...

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