United States v. Irving Willie Tompkins

GIBSON, Circuit Judge.

The defendant, Irving Willie Tompkins, was indicted on two counts of violating 18 U.S.C. § 1708 (possession of government cheeks stolen from the United States mails) and on two counts of violating 18 U.S.C. § 495 (uttering and forging stolen government checks). The Honorable William C. Stuart, District Judge, Southern District of Iowa, dismissed one count of possession of a government check stolen from the mails and one count of uttering and forging a stolen government check, both counts relating to a federal tax refund check. The jury found defendant guilty of one count…