United States v. William Joseph Scanland

GEWIN, Circuit Judge:

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In a two-count indictment William J. Scanland was charged with passing two counterfeit twenty dollar bills in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 472. 1 After a jury trial a guilty verdict was returned, and he was sentenced to a five year term of imprisonment on each count; the terms to be served consecutively.

The appellant presents two principal issues for our review. First, he contends that the district court erred in admitting evidence of a prior “bad” act of a similar nature to the offense alleged in the indictment since the prosecution stated at an Omnibus hearing 2 that such…