Legal Opinion
United States v. Joyce Elaine Polasek
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 11, 1998No. 97-20724PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KING, Circuit Judge:
Defendant-appellant Joyce Elaine Polasek appeals her conviction and sentence for conspiracy, making false statements relating to mileage registered on odometers, mail fraud, and utterance and possession of counterfeited and forged securities. We reverse.
I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
Joyce Elaine Polasek operated a service in Houston, Texas that transferred motor vehicle title and registration documents from automobile dealers to car purchasers. An indictment filed on December 16, 1996 in the Southern District of Texas charged her with altering the mileage on titles…
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