Legal Opinion

United States v. Clarence Ray Mikolajczyk

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided May 6, 1998No. 96-50384PublishedCited by 58 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:

Appellants, convicted of mail fraud following a jury trial, raise several issues on appeal. Finding no reversible error, we affirm. In so doing, we find it necessary to discuss only a few issues and affirm on the remaining issues without discussion.

I

Between October 1993 and May 1995, the defendants made several attempts to pass off fraudulent “Certified Money Orders” (CMO’s) as legitimate money orders. The scheme was initiated by Billy Mack O’Neill and his partners in USA First, an, alleged non-profit organization, who put together packets each containing six…

2Cases cited28 opinions

  1. Faretta v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  2. Kotteakos v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
  3. Berger v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
  4. Zafiro v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
  5. Hughey v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1990

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3Cited by58 opinions

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