Legal Opinion
United States v. Richard J. Carmel
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 25, 1986No. 85-1831PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUMMINGS, Chief Judge.
This case comes to us on appeal following defendant Richard J. Carmel’s (“de fendant’s”) conviction for mail and wire fraud. Defendant raises several contentions concerning compulsive gambling as a basis for an insanity defense for non-gambling offenses and the propriety of his sentence. For the reasons set forth below, we reject defendant’s contentions and affirm his conviction.
I
For purposes of this appeal, only a brief summary of the facts is necessary. Defendant’s mail and wire fraud convictions were as a result of a scheme to obtain seven and one-half million dollars…
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