United States Seventh Circuit

An indictment count charging conspiracy to make and to pass counterfeit currency was not duplicitous. U.S.S.G. section 2B5.1(b)(2), a sentence enhancement for bills not obviously counterfeit, can apply to defendants who produce bills with ink jet printers and photocopying.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/13/2002
• Published 11/13/2002

Judges

• RIPPLE, Circuit Judge., Before COFFEY, RIPPLE and MANION, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Thomas L. Kirsch, II, Office of the U.S. Atty. (argued), Hammond, IN, for United States., Stephen Bower (argued), Cohen & Thiros, Merrillville, IN, for Chad Hughes., Daniel L. Toomey (argued), Indiana Federal Community Defenders, Inc., Hammond, IN, for Gary Bovey.