United States v. Jens Roger Olson

FAGG, Circuit Judge.

Jens Roger Olson was convicted by a jury on three counts of passing counterfeit money in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 472. He contends on appeal that the trial court abused its discretion in denying his motion for a continuance during trial, thus depriving his counsel of the opportunity to utilize exculpatory evidence: The government had two men in custody matching the physical descriptions given by the eyewitnesses in his case and possessing the same kind of counterfeit money. This evidence was not disclosed by the prosecutor until the government’s case in chief was nearly…