Legal Opinion
Joseph D. Jeffers v. United States of America, Connie B. Jeffers v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 27, 1968No. 21721_1PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ZIRPOLI, District Judge.
Appellants, husband and wife, were each convicted, at a joint jury trial, of thirteen counts of mail fraud and were each fined $500 on each count and were placed on three years’ probation.
Joseph Jeffers is the spiritual and secular leader of the Kingdom of Yahweh, a religious sect with its headquarters in Arizona. The Kingdom maintained one bank account, upon which Joseph Jeffers was authorized to draw. The headquarters of the Kingdom also served as the residence of appellants and as a meeting place for members of the Kingdom. Religious tracts were published by the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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