Legal Opinion
United States v. Harrison P. Cronic
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided April 11, 1990No. 88-2939PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEPHEN H. ANDERSON, Circuit Judge.
Harrison P. Cronic appeals his conviction on eleven counts of mail fraud, 18 U.S.C. § 1341, based on charges arising out of a check kiting scheme. 1 Although couched in terms of sufficiency of the evidence, Cronic’s main contention on appeal is, essentially, that an unembellished check kiting scheme is not a crime under that portion of the mail fraud statute which criminalizes schemes to obtain money by means of false or fraudulent pretenses, representations or promises. In view of Williams v. United States, 458 U.S. 279, 102 S.Ct. 3088, 73 L.Ed.2d 767…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- United States v. CronicSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Burks v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Williams v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- United States v. Joseph M. MargiottaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1982
- United States v. Gary HalbertCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1981
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