United States v. Ernest Charles Lewis

On June 18, 1975, Ernest Charles Lewis was convicted by a jury in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi on five mail fraud counts charging him with violations of 18 U.S.C. §§ 2 and 1341. Specifically, these counts charged that the defendant, while an inmate at the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman, had engaged in a scheme to defraud mail order companies by ordering merchandise and submitting forged or worthless checks in payment for the items ordered. On appeal, the defendant raises two issues, neither of which warrant reversal.

First, he claims…