UNITED STATES v. TRANOWSKI

No. 82-1489.

702 F.2d 668 (1983)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Walter TRANOWSKI, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 23, 1983.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied May 13, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard M. Pearl, Asst. U.S. Atty., Dan K. Webb, U.S. Atty., Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant.

Jeffrey Heller, Seyfarth, Sahw, Fairweather & Geraldson, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellee.

Before BAUER and POSNER, Circuit Judges, and FAIRCHILD, Senior Circuit Judge.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied May 13, 1983.

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

Stanley Tranowski used a counterfeit $5 bill to buy two "Whoppers" at a Burger King restaurant, and was tried and convicted of violating the federal counterfeiting law. The jury rejected his brother Walter's alibi testimony, and Walter was later indicted for perjury. At Walter's trial, a critical issue was whether a photograph of Stanley kneeling with his mother and his dog in front...

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