Legal Opinion

United States v. Donald De Simone and Philip Caruso

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided January 7, 1972No. 71-1859PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BELL, Circuit Judge:

This appeal is from judgments of conviction entered on jury verdicts finding defendants, guilty of conspiring to violate 18 U.S.C.A. § 495 in the forging of endorsements thereon in uttering United States savings bonds, and also of aiding and abetting another in forging the endorsements and uttering the bonds.

The facts disclose a modus operandi of passing stolen bonds by having someone pose as the true owner of the bonds. Appellants traveled from New York to Miami where they stayed several days and passed numerous bonds. The operation was then transferred to the Tampa area.…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Howard Dean Hansen, A/K/A Dean Hansen v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1968
  2. Sydney Ginsberg v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1958
  3. United States v. Eli JenkinsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
  4. Daniel Gevinson v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
  5. United States v. Leo Joseph Saitta, No. 30761 Summary Calendar. Rule 18, 5 Cir. See Isbell Enterprises, Inc v. Citizens Casualty Co. Of New York, 5 Cir., 1970, 431 F.2d 409, Part ICourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971

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3Cited by18 opinions

  1. United States v. Noble C. BeasleyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
  2. United States v. Thomas Joseph Chiantese and John Joseph CerrellaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
  3. United States v. Bobby Joe DukeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
  4. United States v. Eugene Davis WilkinsonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972
  5. United States v. Nina Helene Fogelman, Mark Knight Odiorne, Peter Michael Davis, Harold E. Olson and Eldon ThompsonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978

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