August J. Serio v. United States

I concur in the affirmance of the conviction for uttering forged documents, hut I dissent from the majority’s holding that the District Court did not have jurisdiction to try Appellant on the alteration counts.

The question we must decide is whether there was sufficient evidence to permit the jury to infer that the crime of uttering was committed in the District of Columbia. Fed.R.Crim.P. 18. Consideration of the evidence on this issue can well begin with Justice Frankfurter’s admonition that:

These are matters that touch closely the fair administration of criminal justice and public confidence…