Legal Opinion
Betty McConkey v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided June 23, 1971No. 20343_1PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Per curiam
Appellant, a Miss Betty McConkey, was convicted on a jury trial of three violations of the federal wire fraud statute, 18 U.S.C. § 1343, and was sentenced to three concurrent terms of five years each. We affii’m.
The violations consisted in the using of interstate telegrams to fraudulently obtain loans of money from a Minnesota farmer-landowner named Kveen. There is no contention that the evidence is insufficient to support the jury’s finding of guilt on each of the charges. Nor is a challenge made to any part of the court’s instructions.
Reversal is sought upon two bases: (1) that we should…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- State v. SpreiglSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1965
- United States v. Louis A. Marchisio, John H. Seiter and W. Ward WhippleCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1965
- Howard Dean Hansen, A/K/A Dean Hansen v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1968
- Edward John Petschl v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1966
- Moffatt v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1916
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3Cited by16 opinions
- United States v. Clarence E. BraaschCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1974
- United States v. Claude Leander RileyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1981
- United States v. Bennie JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1991
- Harry J. Manning v. Jimmy H. Rose, Warden, Tennessee State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1974
- Robert O. O'Reilly v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1973
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