Legal Opinion
People v. Frederick
California Court of Appeal
Decided August 29, 2006No. B163699PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
GILBERT, P. J.
Here the crime, an endless chain, proves to be an oxymoron. (Pen. Code, § 327.) The conviction of defendants ends the chain, but not the losses to countless victims.
Among other things, we conclude the elaborate chain scheme devised by defendants to bilk money from various hapless victims also involves securities fraud. We also conclude that the crime of filing a false income tax return does not involve a “taking” for the purpose of sentence enhancement.
Joan Frederick, Mercedes Navarrete, and Felix Navarrete appeal a judgment following conviction of operating an endless…
2Cases cited41 opinions
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- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Blakely v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
- People v. WatsonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1956
- People v. KraftCalifornia Supreme Court · 2000
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