United States v. J. W. Prewitt

In this case defendant J. W. Prewitt appeals his conviction by a jury for intentionally passing an altered postal money order in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 500. * He also challenges the district court’s actions in twice citing him for contempt and sentencing him to six months’ imprisonment for each citation. We affirm the conviction for passing the altered money order and vacate the contempt convictions, remanding the issue of contempt for a jury trial.

I

Defendant first contends that the district court erred in not suppressing correspondence taken from his bedroom following his arrest. This…