Thomas Keller White and Hal W. Metz v. United States

The appellants, White and Metz, were indicted as codefendants and were jointly tried in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida. Both were convicted on a count charging that they conspired to receive and pass counterfeit federal reserve notes in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 371, 472, 473 (1964), and each was convicted on two counts charging substantive violations of 18 U.S.C. § 472 (1964).

On this appeal, Metz raises two points of error. First, he contends that he was denied an adequate opportunity prior to trial, to inspect certain fingerprint and handwriting…