United States v. LaBar

OPINION

MUIR, District Judge.

I. Introduction.

On March 2, 1981, a jury convicted each of the Defendants of one count of conspiracy, 18 U.S.C. § 371, twenty-one counts of mail fraud, 18 U.S.C. § 1341, and two counts of making a false statement to a government agency, 18 U.S.C. § 1001. At the close of the Government’s case, the Court granted a motion by Petroleum Suppliers, Inc. for judgment of acquittal because the Government failed to prove that any of its officers or agents acted with an intent to benefit it. The Court also granted all the Defendants’ motions for judgment of acquittal as to…