Legal Opinion
United States v. Mandel
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 28, 2011No. 09-4116PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROVNER, Circuit Judge.
When Robert Mandel decided to have his business partner killed, he turned to Patrick Dwyer, a trusted friend and employee of the business, for help in finding a killer. Dwyer instead went to the authorities, was outfitted with a wire, and proceeded to record a series of conversations in which he and Mandel plotted the details of the murder in person and over the telephone. A jury later convicted Mandel on multiple charges that he used facilities of interstate commerce — namely, a cellular telephone and his car — in furtherance of a murder for hire scheme, in violation of…
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