United States v. George Alvin Tyler

MURPHY, District Judge.

Tyler appeals from a judgment of the District Court of the Central District of California convicting him, after a jury trial, of (1) larceny and (2) possession of $4,510 in Bank of America traveler’s cheeks in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2113(b) and (c). He received concurrent sentences of six years on each count.

The only issue1 raised by appellant is whether all the traveler’s checks, at the time they were stolen or possessed, could possibly have had a value of more than $100 as is required by § 2113(b) and 2113(c).2 His submission is that the checks had no or only a…