Legal Opinion
United States v. Hyman Schmidt, Marvin Gene Grulke, Chester Folak
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 26, 1985No. 83-3290, 84-1119 and 84-1497PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ESCHBACH, Circuit Judge.
Hyman Schmidt and Chester Folak, former deputies with the Cook County Sheriff’s Department, and Marvin Grulke, a self-employed public-auction liquidator, were involved in a multi-faceted scheme to extort money from judgment and tax debtors at the expense of judgment creditors and the State of Illinois. For their parts in the scheme, they were convicted of multiple counts of mail fraud, 18 U.S.C. § 1341, and extortion, 18 U.S.C. § 1951. On appeal, Schmidt challenges the sufficiency of the evidence supporting several of his extortion convictions, and the length of his…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- United States v. AddonizioCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1971
- United States v. Clarence E. BraaschCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1974
- United States v. John Hedman, Michael Jercich, Thomas Karnick and Henry Larsen, DefendantsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1980
- United States v. Egidio Cerilli, in No. 78-2105. Maylan Yackovich, in No. 78-2106. John Shurina, in No. 78-2107. Ralph Buffone, in No. 78-2439Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1979
- United States v. Edward O'GradyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1984
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3Cited by29 opinions
- United States v. John M. MurphyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1985
- United States v. Miguel RodriguezCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1989
- United States v. Reginald J. HolzerCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1987
- United States v. GarnerCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1987
- United States v. David L. HoffmanCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1986
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