Legal Opinion
United States v. Lavonne Alberts
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided November 22, 1983No. 83-1328PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOWMAN, Circuit Judge.
Lavonne Alberts appeals from a conviction of embezzling funds from the Devils Lake Sioux Comprehensive Employment Training Act (CETA) office in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1163. We reverse the conviction.
On September 10, 1982, Special Agent Spencer A. Hellekson, Federal Bureau of Investigation, was notified by Criminal Investigator Robert D. Ecoffey, Bureau of Indian Affairs, that a number of Devils Lake Sioux Tribe CETA Program checks had been stolen and cashed. Three of the cashed checks named Lavonne Alberts as payee.
On September 28, 1982, in the course of investigating…
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