Legal Opinion
United States v. David Jack Vogt, Jr.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided August 16, 1990No. 88-5007PublishedCited by 152 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge:
David Jack Vogt, Jr. appeals from a final judgment and commitment order entered on a jury verdict finding him guilty of a RICO violation under 18 U.S.C. § 1962(a), and of conspiring to defraud the government in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371. We affirm his conviction on both counts.
I
In the light most favorable to the government, the critical facts, in summary, are as follows.
Vogt was a United States Customs Service officer stationed in South Florida from 1971 through early 1979. In May of 1974, Vogt arrested Philip Keidaish III, a member of a drug smuggling ring, for a…
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