Legal Opinion
United States v. Forriss D. Elliott
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided July 22, 1996No. 95-1586PublishedCited by 89 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOWMAN, Circuit Judge.
Forriss D. Elliott was convicted of seven counts of mail fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1341 (1988 & Supp. V 1993) and one count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371 (1988) for submitting fraudulent legal bills to the state of Missouri in connection with his work as a special assistant attorney general. The District Court 1 sentenced him to a term of sixty months of imprisonment. Elliott appeals his conviction and sentence. For reversal, Elliott raises four issues. First, he contends that the mail fraud statute does not apply to purely…
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