Legal Opinion
United States v. Patrick Earl Bowler
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 30, 1977No. 76-2713PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EAST, Senior District Judge:
Patrick Bowler (Bowler) was indicted under six alleged counts of violating 18 U.S.C. § 1343, fraud by wire. The essence of the charges was that Bowler had used a “blue box" 1 to defraud the Mountain Bell Telephone Company (Bell) of money due for interstate telephone calls placed by Bowler.
After a hearing on Bowler’s motion to suppress the use of certain evidence, the case was tried to the District Court without a jury which found him guilty on all counts. 2 Bowler was placed on four years probation as to each count with the requirement that he make restitution to…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- United States v. Thomas Anderson (Aka Workman), United States of America v. Samuel LovingCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1971
- James L. Hodge v. The Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company, a Foreign CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1977
- United States v. Marco Antonio ToralCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1976
- United States v. Carol Ann Goldstein, United States of America v. Toby RobertsCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1976
- United States v. John Wayne BuschmanCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1976
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Oregon v. ElstadSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Jacobson v. RoseCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1978
- United States v. Pirouz SedaghatyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2013
- United States v. Hang Le-Thy TranCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2006
- Oregon v. ElstadSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
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