United States v. Junior Wayne McColgin

STEPHENSON, Circuit Judge.

Defendant appeals from a jury conviction on Count I of a two-count indictment charging that on or about November 6, 1974, he passed a falsely made and counterfeited obligation of the United States, a $20 Federal Reserve note. 18 U.S.C. § 472. He alleges: (1) insufficiency of the evidence; (2) denial of a fair trial on account of the prejudicial questioning of two government witnesses on the part of the trial court; 1 and (3) abuse of discretion by the trial court in denying appellant’s motion for a new trial on the ground of newly discovered evidence. 2 We affirm.

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