Legal Opinion

United States v. Mark Douglas Odom, United States of America v. Joyce Geraldine Beach, United States of America v. Benny Carol Dyson

Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Decided May 22, 1984No. 83-5218(L), 83-5219 and 83-5220PublishedCited by 84 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

DONALD RUSSELL, Circuit Judge:

The defendants appeal their convictions arising out of absentee voting in a federal and state election conducted in Alexander County, North Carolina in November 1982. In the first twenty-eight counts of the mail fraud indictment the defendants Odom, Beach, Dyson and Lackey were charged with participation in a scheme to cast false and fraudulent absentee ballots and in counts twenty-nine and thirty, the defendants were charged with conspiracy to vote more than once and with the substantive offense of so voting in the election.1 The defendants were convicted on all…

2Cases cited43 opinions

  1. United States v. Socony-Vacuum Oil Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1940
  2. United States v. MartinoCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
  3. United States v. Maneer LeonCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1976
  4. United States v. SomersCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1974
  5. Benson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1892

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3Cited by84 opinions

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  3. United States v. Spiver Whitney GordonCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1987
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  5. United States v. Troy Dennis Cropp, United States of America v. Clyde Garcia Cropp, United States of America v. Monte Clay MosleyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1997

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