Legal Opinion
United States v. Turner
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 30, 2008No. 07-1062PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SYKES, Circuit Judge.
A jury convicted Cecil Turner of two counts of making false statements to the FBI and four counts of wire fraud for his part in a fraudulent scheme by which three janitors employed by the State of Illinois worked only a small fraction of their required 40 hours per week but falsified their attendance logs and collected their full salaries. On appeal, Turner contends that his statements to the FBI were not material because the FBI already knew about his involvement in the scheme and therefore could not have been misled by what he said. We disagree. A false statement need…
2Cases cited36 opinions
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- Schmuck v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Yates v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
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