Legal Opinion
United States v. Elton Watts, Jr.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided April 13, 1976No. 75-1978PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEPHENSON, Circuit Judge.
Defendant, Elton Watts, Jr., appeals from a jury conviction of the charge of uttering and publishing a United States Treasury check in violation of Title 18 U.S.C. § 495. 1 Errors claimed in this appeal charge (1) improper permission of leading questions in connection with the in-court identification of the defendant; (2) improper admission into evidence of mug shots of the defendant; and (3) insufficiency of the evidence to convict. We affirm.
The payee on the Treasury check, Wayne Palmer, testified that as he was walking along returning from the grocery store, a…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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