Legal Opinion
United States v. Bernice T. Morales
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided November 30, 1992No. 91-5066PublishedCited by 134 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HILL, Senior Circuit Judge:
Bernice Morales was convicted of one count of violating 18 U.S.C. § 656, misapplication of bank funds by a bank employee, and now appeals, assigning as error the district court’s refusal to give her proposed “theory of defense” jury instruction. We hold that the district court did not commit reversible error, and affirm.
I. Background
On October 4, 1989, Appellant, Bernice Morales, wrote four checks totalling $3,511.00 on her account at Citicorp Savings Bank and presented them for cashing by tellers at Southeast Bank, where she was then employed. Appellant admitted…
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