Legal Opinion
United States v. Reginald J. Holzer
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 3, 1987No. 86-1879PublishedCited by 96 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
A federal jury found Reginald Holzer, a former Cook County circuit judge (that is, a trial judge in Cook County’s court of general jurisdiction), guilty of mail fraud, 18 U.S.C. § 1341, extortion, 18 U.S.C. § 1951 (the Hobbs Act), and violation of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1962. He was sentenced to a total of 18 years in prison, and appeals. He raises a variety of grounds, but most are either frivolous or foreclosed by previous decisions. The only issues warranting discussion are whether Holzer’s conduct was fraudulent within the…
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