United States v. Detente

DUFFY, Circuit Judge.

Defendant and one Armando Piemonte were charged in Count 1 of the indictment with possession of counterfeit Federal Reserve Notes, with knowledge they were counterfeit, and with intent to pass them; in Counts 2 and 3 with the sale of such counterfeit notes; and in Count 4 with conspiracy to commit the offenses set forth in the preceding counts. During the trial Piemonte entered a plea of guilty on all counts, but when sworn as a witness emphatically denied that he had conspired with Detente and testified that defendant had no knowledge that Piemonte was dealing in…