United States v. Melvin L. Freeman

FAIRCHILD, Chief Judge.

Appellant Melvin L. Freeman was indicted on four counts charging violations of the Wire Fraud Statute, 18 U.S.C. § 1343. 1 After a jury trial, he was found guilty on three of the four counts. On appeal he urges two grounds for reversal: first, that the indictment did not state an offense, and, second, that the district court erred in denying his pretrial motion to suppress certain evidence. 2 We reject both contentions and affirm his conviction.

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In August, 1973 security officers at Indiana Bell Telephone Company suspected that Freeman was using a “blue-box,” a device…