Legal Opinion
United States v. William F. Dizenzo
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided July 17, 1974No. 73-1876PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BUTZNER, Circuit Judge:
William F. DiZenzo appeals from a judgment convicting him of selling counterfeit obligations of the United States. His principal assignment of error is that the government should not have been allowed to introduce proof of his conversations about other sales. We affirm because we conclude that the testimony was relevant and that its probative value outweighed the risk of undue prejudice to the accused.
The government established its case primarily through an accomplice, Eugene B. Powell, who testified that he purchased counterfeit bills from DiZenzo and that he then sold…
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