Curley v. United States

PRETTYMAN, Associate Justice.

Appellants were indicted for violation of the mail fraud statute1 and for conspiracy to violate that statute.2 Trial was had before a jury. At the conclusion of the case for the prosecution, the defendants moved for directed verdicts of acquittal. The court denied the motions. Defendants Curley and Fuller stood on the motions and offered no evidence. Defendant Smith presented eight character witnesses and proffered certain documentary evidence. These three defendants were convicted on the conspiracy count. They were acquitted on some of the substantive counts and…