Legal Opinion
United States v. Lewis F. Shelton, James Darrough, John Derry, Donald Burks, and Carl Bledsoe
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 21, 1982No. 79-2101, 79-2102, 79-2103, 79-2104 and 79-2157PublishedCited by 94 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUDAHY, Circuit Judge. **
The five defendants 1 involved in these criminal appeals were indicted by a federal grand jury for conspiracy to commit mail fraud and 77 substantive counts of mail fraud arising out of the establishment of a farmers cooperative in southern Illinois. Defendants Derry, Shelton and Darrough were also indicted for income tax evasion involving the proceeds from their allegedly fraudulent scheme. 26 U.S.C. § 7201 (1976). After a lengthy trial, the defendants were all found guilty of conspiracy as well as some but not all of the mail fraud counts. The jury also returned a…
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