Legal Opinion
United States v. Donald Powers
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 13, 1973No. 72-1782PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRIGHT, Circuit Judge.
On June 27, 1972, a federal grand jury returned a four-count indictment against Donald Powers, charging him with violations of 18 U.S.C. § 495 in connection with the forgery and uttering of two United States Treasury checks. At the trial on the merits, a jury found him guilty as charged, and Powers now appeals that conviction. We affirm this conviction.
The record reveals that two Social Security benefit checks, one for $288.40 and one for $72.10, failed to reach their proper destination — a widow with four children. The checks subsequently turned up in the hands of one…
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