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U.S. v. COWAN

No. 96-8094.

116 F.3d 1360 (1997)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Roger COWAN, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

July 7, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis Leland Pico, Assistant United States Attorney (David D. Freudenthal, United States Attorney, and David A. Kubichek, Assistant United States Attorney, with him on the brief), Casper, WY, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Daniel G. Blythe, Blythe & Steiner-Lewis, Cheyenne, WY, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before SEYMOUR, Chief Judge, PORFILIO, and BALDOCK, Circuit Judges.

BALDOCK, Circuit Judge.

This appeal presents the question of whether the intent to defraud is an element of the crime of forging the signature of a federal judge in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 505. Section 505 provides in relevant part: "Whoever forges the signature of any judge ... of any court of the United States, ... for the purpose of authenticating any proceeding or document, knowing such signature ... to be false...

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