Legal Opinion
United States v. Thomas Wayne Allison and Sharon Lynn Freedman
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 5, 1980No. 79-5556PublishedCited by 67 opinions
1Per curiam
On March 24, 1979, Defendants Thomas Wayne Allison and Sharon Lynn Freedman, along with another couple, were traveling from Nashville, Tennessee to Columbus, Georgia. Near Pine Mountain, Georgia, they stopped at a self-service gasoline station, purchased $2.38 worth of gasoline, and Defendant Freedman attempted to pay the manager of the station with a $20.00 bill. The manager suspected the bill of being counterfeit and refused to take it. Freedman went back to the car and returned with a $10.00 bill which the manager accepted.
After the defendants left the station, the manager telephoned the…
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