United States v. James Edward Pigg

CASTLE, Senior Circuit Judge.

James E. Pigg was convicted of causing the interstate transportation of a forged check in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2314 and was sentenced to three years imprisonment. On this appeal, he raises the following arguments: 1) his conviction should be reversed because the death of the court reporter immediately after his trial prevented the compilation of an adequate transcript to allow meaningful appellate review of the proceedings in the district court, 2) the out-of-court identification of him made by a bank teller was so impermissibly suggestive as to taint his…