Legal Opinion
United States v. Arnetta Weatherspoon
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 12, 1978No. 77-1875PublishedCited by 106 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BAUER, Circuit Judge.
Following a jury trial, Arnetta Weather-spoon was convicted of sixteen counts of violating the racketeering, mail fraud and false statements statutes, 18 U.S.C. §§ 1001, 1341, 1961-63. The evidence presented at trial showed that Weatherspoon, who operated a beauty college approved for veterans’ vocational training by the Veterans Administration, knowingly caused false student enrollment cards and attendance certificates to be mailed to the Veterans Administration in furtherance of a scheme to defraud that agency. On appeal, Weather-spoon raises numerous contentions in…
2Cases cited19 opinions
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- United States v. Thomas E. JoyceCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1974
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3Cited by106 opinions
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