United States v. Miguel Luis Alba Fernandez

SIMPSON, Circuit Judge:

Fernandez appeals from his conviction before a jury, judgment and sentence under six counts of a nine-count indictment charging him with possessing, forging and uttering three United States Treasury checks allegedly stolen from the United States mails. He alleges as error: (i) the failure of the trial judge to charge the jury as to the presumption of innocence; (ii) prejudicial comments made by the prosecuting attorney in final argument concerning appellant’s prior criminal record and the failure of the trial judge to give limiting instructions as to the proper use of…