Legal Opinion
United States v. Billy Louis Collins
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided March 11, 1996No. 94-5016PublishedCited by 148 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROBERT HOLMES BELL, District Judge.
Defendant-Appellant Billy Louis Collins was convicted of conspiracy to violate the Hobbs Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1951, and conspiracy to defraud the United States by impeding the IRS function, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371. He was sentenced to concurrent terms of imprisonment of 63 months on Count 1 and 60 months on Count II. Collins appeals his conviction and sentence. For the following reasons we affirm the conviction and sentence.
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Billy Louis Collins is the husband of Martha Layne Collins, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1983 to 1987. The…
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