LOGAN, Circuit Judge.
The sole issue in this appeal is whether a defendant who forges an endorsement on a treasury check written for $500 or less must be prosecuted for a misdemeanor under 18 U.S.C. § 510, or may be prosecuted for a felony under 18 U.S.C. § 495, which by longstanding judicial construction proscribes the same conduct.
Defendant, Jimmy Dale Barrett, was convicted of forging and uttering (using as a medium of payment) a treasury check...
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