Legal Opinion
United States v. Samy A. Mankarious and Thomas K. Murphy
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 7, 1998No. 97-3028, 97-3029PublishedCited by 84 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TERENCE T. EVANS, Circuit Judge.
In this case, Samy Mankarious and Thomas Murphy offer more than a dozen reasons for reversing their convictions for money laundering, wire fraud, and filing false tax returns. They do not skimp on the sentencing issues, either, arguing at least 11 grounds for recalculating their offense levels under the federal sentencing guidelines. Before considering this veritable plethora of issues, we set out the facts, which - of course are viewed in the light most favorable to the jury’s verdict.
In 1989 Mankarious and Murphy launched Delta Group, Inc., an aluminum…
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