Legal Opinion
United States v. Hillis B. Akin and John W. Milligan
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided July 20, 1972No. 71-1699PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Per curiam
Akin and Milligan take this appeal from a jury verdict of guilty of violation of the mail fraud statute, 18 U.S. CA. § 1341. Appellants were indicted on eighteen counts. Akin was found guilty on all eighteen counts and sentenced to five years imprisonment on each count, to be served concurrently, in addition to a $10,000.00 fine. Milligan was found guilty on Counts V through XVIII and sentenced to four years imprisonment on each count, to be served concurrently. The acts of fraud for which appellants were convicted arose from the sale and financing of live chinchilla breeding stock and…
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