Steele v. United States

MEMORANDUM

URBOM, Chief Judge.

In April, 1975, in the District of Colorado, an indictment was filed charging that John Paul Steele, on or about February 16, 1975, “did possess with intent to convert to his own use and gain six altered United States Postal Money Orders . . . knowing said money orders to have been stolen,” in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 500. In September, 1975, after a jury trial, Steele was convicted on that charge and sentenced to three years’ imprisonment. In May, 1975, in the District of Nebraska, an indictment was filed charging that Steele, on or about January 26, 1975, “did…