United States v. Arnell Smith

FRANK M. JOHNSON, Jr., Circuit Judge:

Appellant Arnell Smith appeals from his conviction, after trial by jury, for offenses arising out of the theft from the mail and negotiation of a United States Government check. Smith and two co-defendants, Bobby Jerome Cooper and Roger Eugene Sapp, were each convicted on both counts of a two-count indictment charging them with possessing a government check 1 stolen from the mails, 18 U.S.C.A. § 1708, 2 Count 1; uttering the same check, 18 U.S.C.A. § 495, 3 Count 2; and aiding and abetting, 18 U.S.C.A. § 2, 4 Counts 1 and 2. The United States District…