Legal Opinion
United States v. Richard A. Gardner
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 26, 1988No. 87-2170PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ESCHBACH, Senior Circuit Judge.
This is a direct criminal appeal of the defendant’s two-count conviction for violating 47 U.S.C. § 553 1 by willfully and knowingly assisting in the unauthorized interception and reception of cable service. A jury convicted the defendant-appellant, Richard A. Gardner, for selling seven cable converter boxes, which are capable of receiving unauthorized cable service, to an informant for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”). We affirm the conviction.
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In the indictment, Gardner was charged with two separate incidents of selling cable converter boxes (“black…
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