Legal Opinion
United States v. William Ranney, United States of America v. Dennis Cioffi
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided October 19, 1983No. 82-1593, 82-1594PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McGOWAN, Senior Circuit Judge.
William Ranney and Dennis Cioffi appeal their criminal convictions in district court for mail and wire fraud and conspiracy to commit the same. See 18 U.S.C. §§ 371, 1341, 1343 (1976). A federal grand jury in 1981 indicted Ranney and Cioffi as principals in a scheme to defraud investors who had purchased investment contracts for home heating oil from defendants’ corporation. After an initial trial resulted in a hung jury, the government retried the defendants and obtained the convictions complained of in this appeal. Defendants raise numerous objections to their…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- United States v. AgursSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Ashe v. SwensonSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- United States v. DotterweichSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Standefer v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
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3Cited by46 opinions
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- United States v. Peter NooneCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1990
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