Legal Opinion
United States v. Robert Keith Ross, United States of America v. Richard Kevin Silver
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided April 15, 1988No. 87-5057, 87-5059PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CHAPMAN, Circuit Judge:
This appeal presents the question of whether a black and white photocopy of the face of a United States one dollar bill when inserted into a coin change machine to obtain United States coins is “a counterfeit obligation of the United States” within the purview of Title 18 Sections 471 1 and 472 2 of the United States Code. We conclude that such a crude reproduction of only one side of a bill is not counterfeit, and we reverse the appellants’ convictions.
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Following a stakeout of a car wash in Morganton, North Carolina, appellants were apprehended while obtaining coins…
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