Legal Opinion
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Nolan Howard WEBSTER, Defendant-Appellant
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 12, 1997No. 96-30159PublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EUGENE A. WRIGHT, Circuit Judge.
Webster printed counterfeit $20 bills with a color copier on 8%" x 11" paper sheets. We hold that the uncut sheets constituted “counterfeit” currency for purposes of sentence enhancement.
BACKGROUND
In a seven week period, defendant Nolan Webster and a friend, Henry Jones, passed approximately $2,480 in photocopied $20 bills at 65 fast food establishments and other businesses. They bought sunglasses in a mall using some of the counterfeit currency, fled in their car and were arrested. A search of the car revealed a paper cutter and three counterfeit $20 bills.…
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