U.S. v. TIPTON

No. 90-3649.

964 F.2d 650 (1992)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Darryl TIPTON, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided May 20, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kaarina Salovaara, argued, Office of the U.S. Atty., Criminal Div., Barry R. Elden, Asst. U.S. Atty., Criminal Receiving, Appellate Div., Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellee.

Martin S. Agran, argued, Agran & Agran, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellant.

Before BAUER, Chief Judge, CUMMINGS and COFFEY, Circuit Judges.


COFFEY, Circuit Judge.

The defendant-appellant, Darryl Tipton, appeals his conviction for embezzling money and evading federal income tax, alleging that the district court abused its discretion in admitting samples of his handwriting in evidence, the government's closing argument was improper, and that the evidence was insufficient to support a finding of guilt. We affirm.

I. FACTS

On January 4, 1990, a federal grand jury returned a six-count indictment...

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