Legal Opinion
United States v. Jimmy Dale Barrett
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided January 27, 1988No. 86-1970PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOGAN, Circuit Judge.
The sole issue in this appeal is whether a defendant who forges an endorsement on a treasury check written for $500 or less must be prosecuted for a misdemeanor under 18 U.S.C. § 510, or may be prosecuted for a felony under 18 U.S.C. § 495, which by longstanding judicial construction proscribes the same conduct.
Defendant, Jimmy Dale Barrett, was convicted of forging and uttering (using as a medium of payment) a treasury check in the amount of $236.38, in violation of § 495, and was sentenced to six years in prison. Defendant then moved under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 to correct…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- United States v. BatchelderSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Watt v. AlaskaSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- United States v. Borden Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1939
- Radzanower v. Touche Ross & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1976
- United States v. Louis Martin Radetsky, A/K/A L. M. RadetskyCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1976
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Mrs. Verdie Mae Franklin Verdie Mae Franklin, Administratrix of the Estate of Lonnie B. Franklin v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1993
- United States v. Robert H. Hopkins, Jr., Morten Hopkins, and John W. HarrellCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1990
- United States v. Ladonna Kay OliverCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1990
- United States v. Tami M. LecoeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1991
- United States v. ColoradoCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1993
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