Alphonse T. Cuozzo, John Catanzaro and Nathan Sutton v. United States

GRIFFIN B. BELL, Circuit Judge.

Appellants were indicted for possessing and concealing six hundred and sixty counterfeit ten dollar federal reserve notes, in one count, and in another count for uttering one ten dollar federal reserve note, all in violation of Title 18 U.S.C.A. § 472. Judgments of conviction were entered on a jury verdict of guilty after a joint trial. They were sentenced to ten years on each of the counts with the sentences to run concurrently. They were represented on the trial by counsel of their choice. 1

A careful consideration of the record and the applicable law indicates…