Legal Opinion
United States v. Sheldon Serlin and Marvin Phillips
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 2, 1976No. 75-1661, 75-1662PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BAUER, Circuit Judge.
This is a mail fraud case wherein nine persons and two corporations were charged with violating 18 U.S.C. 1341. 1 Both defendants 2 were found guilty by a jury and sentenced to various terms of imprisonment and probation. On appeal the defendants have raised a multitude of legal issues alleging principally: government miseon duct, a failure to prove a crime under the mail fraud statute, and violation of their due process rights by various procedural and evidentiary rulings in the trial court. We affirm.
I. THE FACTUAL BACKGROUND
The indictment charged that the defendants…
2Cases cited48 opinions
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- Stirone v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
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3Cited by46 opinions
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- United States v. Robert Craig, Frank P. North, Jr., Peter v. Pappas and Jack E. WalkerCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1978
- United States v. PearlsteinCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1978
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