United States v. Jack Brewer

PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:

A defendant appeals from his conviction for illegally possessing and trafficking in counterfeit long distance telephone service access codes, claiming that the statute under which he was convicted is not applicable to misuse of such codes. We are persuaded that the conduct complained of here falls under a practical reading of the statute and affirm.

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Texas National Telecommunications is a long distance telephone company. A customer calls TNT’s toll free phone number, punches in a personal access code, and if the access code is determined to be valid by…