United States v. Edward Thomas Davis

HAYNSWORTH, Circuit Judge.

Convicted of the interstate transportation of a falsely made money order, 1 the defendant has appealed, questioning the sufficiency of the Court’s instructions to the jury as to his requisite knowledge, at and before the transportation, that the instrument was fraudulent and false. Neither he nor his counsel found fault with the charge at the time of the trial, but he asks that we exercise our authority under Rule 52(b) of the Federal Rules of Criminal Proceduré to note plain errors affecting his substantial rights. We find, however, no basis for an exercise of that…