TCA 40-13-215
Alleging possession of counterfeit money
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What does this charge mean?
In cases of illegally possessing counterfeit money, prosecutors do not need to allege the defendant intended to spend the fake money or pass it off as real. However, at trial they must prove the counterfeit money was possessed or hidden with intent for it to circulate and with knowledge it was counterfeit. This is a procedural rule with no criminal penalty for the indictment itself.
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In indictments for fraudulently keeping in possession or concealing counterfeit money or bank notes, it is not necessary to aver in the indictment that the party charged intended to pass or impose the counterfeit money or bank notes on the community as good money, but it shall appear in proof that the counterfeit money or bank notes were possessed or concealed with the fraudulent intent that they should get into circulation and with a knowledge that they were counterfeit.
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TCA Section40-13-215