United States v. Robert Dahle Sparrow

McKAY, Circuit Judge.

Defendant obtained from a Utah bank a purchase money loan for a Cadillac automobile. The bank’s lien interest in the car was recorded on the back of the original Oregon certificate of title, which had been endorsed over to defendant as purchaser. The title certificate was then given to defendant so he could re-file it in Idaho. When defendant filed the same document in Idaho, his own name appeared where the actual lien-holder’s name had been. There was no evidence at trial showing where the unauthorized alteration was made; the evidence only showed that the certificate of…