Legal Opinion
United States v. William Robert Cook
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 6, 1979No. 78-5311PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CHARLES CLARK, Circuit Judge:
This is William Robert Cook’s second appeal to this court from charges stemming from his connection with Areola Petroleum Corporation. We reversed his first conviction for procedural reasons, while affirming that of his original codefendant, Charles Stafford Jackson. United States v. Cook, 557 F.2d 1149 (5th Cir. 1977). A jury on retrial again found Cook guilty of fourteen counts of mail fraud. This appeal asserts procedural errors in pursuit of a second reversal. We affirm.
Cook was owner and active president of Olympic Petroleum Company, a Texas corporation which…
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