Legal Opinion
United States v. Charles Goss and George C. Benson
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 6, 1981No. 80-1285PublishedCited by 88 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALVIN B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge:
George C. Benson, a former employee of Western Crude Oil, Inc., and Charles Goss, who was part owner of Ball Marketing Enterprise, were indicted on twenty-four separate counts of mail fraud, 18 U.S.C. § 1341, and one count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud, 18 U.S.C. § 371. Convicted on all twenty-five counts, 1 each appeals his conviction on a number of grounds. The major attack is on the sufficiency of the evidence, and we conclude that there was adequate basis in the record for the verdict. Because, however, we find that the trial judge erroneously refused to…
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