Legal Opinion
United States v. William Eugene Sheehan, Robert Lee Sheehan, Joseph Andrew Sheehan, and Leroy Junior Westberg
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided October 12, 1970No. 19559PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEHAFFY, Circuit Judge.
This appeal is from the conviction judgments of William Eugene Sheehan and Robert Lee Sheehan, brothers, and Joseph Andrew Sheehan, their cousin, for having used the mails in a scheme to defraud customers in the sale of hearing aids in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1341.
The three Sheehans and a fourth person, LeRoy Junior Westberg, a former brother-in-law of William and Robert, were indicted by a grand jury on December 21, 1967 on twenty counts of mail fraud. All entered pleas of not guilty but Westberg later changed his plea to guilty on two counts and was sentenced to…
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