Legal Opinion

United States v. Albert Sidney Tucker, Jr.

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided February 7, 1973No. 72-1301PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

McCREE, Circuit Judge.

This appeal requires us to decide whether a sight draft executed in the name of a fictitious person is “falsely made and forged” within the purview of the National Stolen Property Act, 18 U.S.C. § 2314, 1 making the interstate transportation of such a security a federal criminal offense. We determine that it is.

On March 28, 1969, appellant entered the Hamilton National Bank in Knox ville, Tennessee, introduced himself to a vice president in charge of new accounts as W. B. Phillips, an official of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare who had just been…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. United States v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  3. Gilbert v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  4. Crain v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
  5. Pines v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1941

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. United States v. Robert Everett Huntley and Gipson F. HemphillCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
  2. United States v. Robert Lawrence Crim, A/K/A Robert L. CrimCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1976
  3. United States v. Harry Lee BucklesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1974
  4. United States v. William J. JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
  5. United States v. John HagertyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977

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