Legal Opinion
United States v. Walter Richeson, Jr.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 22, 2003No. 02-3896PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLAUM, Chief Judge.
A jury convicted Walter Richeson, Jr., of four counts of conspiring to use interstate commerce in the commission of a murder for hire, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1958(a). Richeson appeals his conviction on three grounds, arguing first that the evidence was insufficient to prove he provided any consideration for the alleged murder-for-hire, second that the evidence failed to establish he used a facility in interstate commerce when he made only intrastate phone calls to plan the murders, and third that the district court abused its discretion by admitting unfairly…
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