Legal Opinion
United States v. Powell
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 7, 2009No. 08-1138, 08-1161PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MANION, Circuit Judge.
A grand jury indicted Willie Harris, a Gary, Indiana, lawyer, and Roosevelt Powell, who collected property taxes on behalf of Lake County, Indiana, for their role in the sale of two properties to the Gary Urban Enterprise Association. A jury found Harris and Powell guilty of wire fraud, conspiring to defraud the United States, and filing a false tax return. They appeal. We affirm their convictions and Harris’s sentence, but vacate Powell’s sentence and remand to the district court for further proceedings.
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