United States v. Smith

*198OPINION OF THE COURT

JAMES HUNTER, III, Circuit Judge:

I. INTRODUCTION

XET, Ltd. d/b/a CTA, Ltd., Computer Technology Associates, Inc., John R. Tor-quato, Jr., William T. Smith, Alan R. Stone-man, Judy Ellis, and David Herbert were charged in a thirty-nine count indictment with conspiracy, 18 U.S.C. § 371 (1982), fifteen violations of the Interstate Transportation and Aid of Racketeering (“I.T.A. R.” or “Travel Act”) statute, 18 U.S.C. § 1952(a)(3) (1982) and the mail fraud statute, 18 U.S.C. § 1341 (1982). The indictment outlined a conspiracy involving fifty-one overt acts, seven mail fraud…