Legal Opinion
United States v. Cordell Cassell
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 6, 1971No. 18289-18291PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KILEY, Circuit Judge.
Appellants Cassell, Jackson and Rice were indicted for conspiracy to commit various offenses with respect to United States Treasury welfare checks, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 495 1 and § 1708, 2 and with various substantive offenses.
The indictment was in twenty-one counts, charging eight other persons in addition to appellants. The other eight pled guilty before trial. Under district court order the government elected to proceed with count I charging Cassell, Rice and Jackson with conspiracy to obtain letters containing checks taken from the mail, and to forge payees’…
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