Legal Opinion
United States v. McGovern
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided October 5, 1981No. Nos. 81-1606, 81-1607PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
ALDISERT, Circuit Judge.
The question for decision is whether the appellants’ conduct constituted a violation of paragraph four of 18 U.S.C. § 2314:
Whoever, with unlawful or fraudulent intent, transports in interstate or foreign commerce any traveler’s checks bearing a forged countersignature . .. shall be fined ... or imprisoned ... or both.
Convicted in a bench trial, McGovern and Scull argue in this appeal that the government failed to prove the predicate of the federal statutory offense: common law forgery. Appellants contend that the existence of authority to sign…
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