United States v. Tommie Lewis Penson, United States of America v. Genaro Alvarez, United States of America v. Tommie Lewis Penson

BOWMAN, Circuit Judge.

Genaro Alvarez and Tommie Lewis Penson appeal from their convictions under 18 U.S.C. § 371 (1988) for conspiracy to steal, forge, and convert United States Treasury checks, under 18 U.S.C. §§ 471 and 472 (1988) for uttering a counterfeit United States Treasury cheek, and under 18 U.S.C. §§ 641 and 642 (1988) for theft and conversion of a United States Treasury check. Alvarez, who also appeals his sentence, alleges that the District Court 1 erred a) in denying his motion for severance, allowing him to be tried with Pen-son, who also was tried and found guilty on a…