Douglas O. Gilmore v. United States

BURGER, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from conviction on all counts of a four count indictment charging multiple violations of Title 22, D.C.Code, Section 1301, obtaining money by false pretenses in cashing checks which the issuer had no reason to suppose would be honored. A sentence of 16 months to 4 years on each of the four counts was imposed, sentences to run concurrently.

Reversal is urged on several grounds: (1) absence of evidence that those who cashed Gilmore’s checks relied on the representation that he had funds on deposit to cover them; (2) absence of evidence that there was an…