Legal Opinion
United States v. Edgar Elton Lane
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided May 22, 1973No. 72-1987PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Per curiam
Appellant appeals after a jury verdict of guilty to a charge of possessing, selling, and conspiring to sell counterfeit federal reserve notes, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 472, 473 and 371 (1970). He was sentenced to 15 years imprisonment.
The proofs viewed from the point of view favorable to the government’s case, which the jury accepted, show that appellant was arrested in possession of identifiable United States currency (bait money) which he had received in exchange for counterfeit federal reserve notes. The details of the transaction were testified to by the purchaser — a federal Secret…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Killian v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Rosenberg v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- John Richard Bayless v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1967
- United States v. Irwin FruchtmanCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1970
- United States v. John D. GrecoCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1962
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3Cited by27 opinions
- United States v. WilliamsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1979
- United States v. Kevin Harrison, United States of America v. Isaac Pendergrast, United States of America v. Juan GordonCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1975
- United States v. Frank Quiroz Carrasco, United States of America v. Lucindo Ruiz-OntiverosCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1976
- United States v. Francisco Curbelo, A/K/A Murando, United States of America v. Francisco Curbelo, A/K/A MurandoCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2003
- United States v. James Bedford FisherCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1990
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