Legal Opinion
United States v. Lara Sharpe, Mike Gillich, Jr., Kirksey McCord Nix, Jr., John Ransom
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 26, 1993No. 92-7158PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Per curiam
In this criminal appeal, Defendants-Appellants LaRa Sharpe, Mike Gillich, Jr., Kirksey McCord Nix, and John Ransom appeal their convictions under 18 U.S.C. § 371 for conspiracy to violate the fraud-by-wire statute 1 and the murder-for-hire statute, 2 and for substantive wire fraud violations. Nix and Gillich also appeal their convictions for substantive violation of the murder-for-hire statute. Although the Appellants raise a number of issues on appeal, we address only one: whether the sealed indictment tolled the statute of limitations. We conclude that a properly sealed indictment does…
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