Long v. United States

REILLY, Chief Judge.

The sole issue raised by this appeal is the quantum of proof which must be presented by the prosecution to sustain a conviction for forging or uttering a forged document in violation of D.C.Code 1967, § 22-1401. Appellant was tried on an indictment charging him under this section of the Code with three counts of forgery and three of uttering, found guilty by a jury on all counts, and sentenced to a term of one to three years imprisonment on each — the sentences to run concurrently.

The theory of the Government’s case was that appellant had fraudulently used a credit card…