United States v. Otis Thurmond Curry

After a jury trial a judgment of conviction was entered against Otis Thurmond Curry on several counterfeiting charges. 1 A co-defendant, Julian Wilkerson, testified that in exchange for his favorable testimony the prosecution only agreed to make his cooperation known to the sentencing judge. In his motion for a new trial the appellant Curry has alleged that newly discovered evidence indicates that Wilkerson was not only promised that his cooperation would be made known, but that he was, in fact, promised a sentence not to exceed two years. 2 Mr. Wilkerson did indeed receive a sentence of two…