Legal Opinion
United States v. Robert L. Grapp and William Kenneth Thatcher
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 10, 1981No. 79-5468PublishedCited by 63 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POLITZ, Circuit Judge:
William Kenneth Thatcher and Robert L. Grapp were indicted for violations of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), 18 U.S.C. § 1962(a) & (c), mail fraud, 18 U.S.C. § 1341, wire fraud, 18 U.S.C. § 1343, and RICO conspiracy, 18 U.S.C. § 1962(d). They were also charged under the aiding and abetting provision, 18 U.S.C. § 2, and for false declarations before a grand jury, 18 U.S.C. § 1623. The false declarations counts were severed and the government dismissed the mail fraud charged in Count 7. The defendants were tried on Counts 1-6 and 8-11, 1 and…
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