Legal Opinion
United States v. Marietta Joyce Chappell, Charles Edward Gibson, Robert Nathaniel Mitchem, and Rita Ann Shephard
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 1, 1993No. 92-7513PublishedCited by 67 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POLITZ, Chief Judge:
Marietta Chappell, Rita Shephard, Charles Gibson, and Robert Mitchem appeal their convictions of conspiracy to make, utter, and possess counterfeit securities in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 371, 513(a), and two substantive violations of § 513(a). Mitchem and She-phard also appeal the sentences imposed. Finding no error, we affirm.
Background
On February 14, 1992 Shephard, accompanied by Chappell, entered a Wal-Mart store in Ridgeland, Mississippi, seeking to cash what purported to be a Mississippi Power and Light (MP & L) payroll check drawn on Trustmark National Bank and…
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