Legal Opinion
United States v. Rita Carpenter Green and Richard William Payne
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 16, 1974No. 73-1210PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AINSWORTH, Circuit Judge:
Appellants Richard William Payne and Rita Carpenter Green were each convicted on nine counts of violation of the federal mail fraud statute, 18 U.S.C. § 1341, for devising a scheme to defraud through the unlawful use of credit cards. They were each sentenced to five years’ imprisonment on each of the first two counts, these terms to run consecutively. Sentences on the remaining counts were suspended, and appellants were placed on probation for five years, to run consecutively to the sentences imposed. 1 On appeal, they raise issues concerning the scope of the mail…
2Cases cited34 opinions
- Glasser v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Pereira v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Singer v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- United States v. Borden Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1939
- United States v. MazeSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
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3Cited by36 opinions
- United States v. MartinoCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
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- United States v. James T. McNeiveCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1976
- United States v. Harold Haimowitz, Dan Scarborough, George L. OnettCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1984
- United States v. S. Sam CaldwellCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1985
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