Legal Opinion
United States v. Douglas N. Pearson and Arthur M. Hawkins
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 14, 2003No. 02-4356, 03-1005, 03-1232PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge.
Arthur Hawkins and Douglas Pearson were convicted of wire fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud based on their participation in a bribery scheme that facilitated the distribution of their company’s defective batteries. Hawkins and Pearson appeal their convictions, arguing, among other things, that they should not have been tried on a superceding indictment that was filed outside the relevant statute of limitations, their case should not have been tried in the Southern District of Illinois, they were prejudiced by certain discovery rulings of the district court, and…
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