Legal Opinion
United States v. Eugene Britton, A/K/A Eugene Junior Britton
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided July 23, 1974No. 73-1890PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TALBOT SMITH, Senior District Judge.
The case before us arises out of a planned and staged (a “fake”) automobile accident. As a result thereof the defendant, who had some twenty-three policies of insurance in force, made numerous claims thereunder for recompense for personal injury and property damage. The scheme fell apart when the other driver involved confessed the fraud. Defendant was charged with using the mails to defraud 1 and convicted and sentenced on ten counts of the indictment. 2 His appeal to us challenges the sufficiency of the evidence and the validity of the conviction under…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- Abraham L. Koolish, David F. Koolish and John B. Carnell v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1965
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- Harry R. Smith v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1964
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