Legal Opinion
United States v. Henry Paul Bryant, A/K/A Paul Bryant and Melissa J. Dalton
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 2, 1985No. 84-1460PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.
Henry Paul Bryant and Melissa Dalton appeal their convictions on three counts of mail fraud and two counts of wire fraud involving a scheme to bribe Emeric Martin, then Director of the Cervantes Convention Center in St. Louis, for favorable treatment of their convention-booking business, known as Showboard. Appellants raise two substantial issues. First, they argue that the two wire fraud convictions must fall because the government failed to prove that the defendants knew or could reasonably foresee that the telegram in question would be sent interstate. (The telegram…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- United States v. FeolaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- United States of America, in No. 81-1020 v. Jannotti, Harry P. United States of America, in No. 81-1021 v. Schwartz, George XCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1982
- Evans v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
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