Legal Opinion
United States v. Joseph Cala
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided July 23, 1975No. 1078, Docket 75-1043PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MANSFIELD, Circuit Judge:
Joseph Cala was convicted after a jury trial of conspiracy, 18 U.S.C. § 371, to transfer counterfeit currency in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 473. His principal contention on this appeal is that by reason of his prior acquittal in an earlier trial on charges of possessing the same counterfeit currency with intent to defraud, 18 U.S.C. § 472, the government was collaterally estopped in the present prosecution from proving his intent to defraud. After review of the records in both prosecutions, we conclude that there was no such estoppel with respect to the intent element…
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