James A. Edwards v. United States

814 F.2d 486

James A. EDWARDS, Petitioner-Appellant,

v.

UNITED STATES of America, Respondent-Appellee.

No. 86-2243.

United States Court of Appeals,

Seventh Circuit.

Argued Jan. 23, 1987.

Decided March 23, 1987.

Scott L. King, King & Meyer, Gary, Ind., for petitioner-appellant.

Kevin E. Milner, Asst. U.S. Atty., Hammond, Ind., for respondent-appellee.

Before CUMMINGS and POSNER, Circuit Judges, and FAIRCHILD, Senior Circuit Judge.

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

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Edwards received concurrent prison sentences of five years for having violated 18 U.S.C. Sec. 495 by (1) forging an endorsement on a United States…