Legal Opinion
Efrain Santos and Benedicto Diaz v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 25, 2006No. 04-4221, 05-2316PublishedCited by 81 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MANION, Circuit Judge.
Efrain Santos and Benedicto Diaz ran an illicit lottery, which landed them in federal prison on money laundering charges. Their money laundering convictions were premised upon the word “proceeds” in 18 U.S.C. § 1956(a)(1) meaning gross income of unlawful activity. This court affirmed the judgments against them in United States v. Febus, 218 F.3d 784 (7th Cir.2000). However, in later proceedings under 28 U.S.C. § 2255, the district court vacated their money laundering convictions on the basis of our decision in United States v. Scialabba, 282 F.3d 475 (7th Cir.2002),…
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