UNITED STATES v. OLSON

No. 82-1801.

697 F.2d 273 (1983)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Jens Roger OLSON, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided January 14, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James M. Rosenbaum, U.S. Atty., John M. Lee, Asst. U.S. Atty., D. Minn., Minneapolis, Minn., for appellee.

Daniel M. Scott, Federal Public Defender, D. Minn., Minneapolis, Minn., for appellee.

Before HEANEY, ROSS and FAGG, Circuit Judges.


FAGG, Circuit Judge.

Jens Roger Olson was convicted by a jury on three counts of passing counterfeit money in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 472. He contends on appeal that the trial court abused its discretion in denying his motion for a continuance during trial, thus depriving his counsel of the opportunity to utilize exculpatory evidence: The government had two men in custody matching the physical descriptions given by the eyewitnesses in his case and possessing...

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