Legal Opinion
George Ryan v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 6, 2012No. 10-3964PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge.
George Ryan, formerly Secretary of State and then Governor of Illinois, was convicted of violating RICO (the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act), the mail-fraud statute, the Internal Revenue Code, and a law forbidding lies to federal investigators. His convictions and sentence were affirmed on appeal. United States v. Warner, 498 F.3d 666, rehearing en banc denied, 506 F.3d 517 (7th Cir. 2007), cert. denied, 553 U.S. 1064, 128 S.Ct. 2500, 171 L.Ed.2d 786 (2008).
The judge told the jury that it could convict Ryan of mail fraud if he either accepted…
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