Legal Opinion
United States v. Robert Craig and Peter v. Pappas, United States of America v. Frank P. North, Jr., and Estate of Jack E. Walker
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 16, 1990No. 89-1744, 89-1466PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARLINGTON WOOD, Jr., Circuit Judge.
This case began almost twenty years ago with a scandal in the Illinois General Assembly. For their roles in the scandal, the four individual defendants were variously convicted of mail fraud and travel in interstate commerce with intent to promote an unlawful activity. See 18 U.S.C. §§ 1341, 1952. These defendants now have petitioned for a writ of error coram nobis, asking that their convictions be vacated in light of the Supreme Court’s decision in McNally v. United States, 483 U.S. 350, 107 S.Ct. 2875, 97 L.Ed.2d 292 (1987). The district granted the writ…
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- United States v. James Vincent KeoghCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1968
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