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UNITED STATES v. PETERS

No. 83-1471.

732 F.2d 1004 (1984)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. William PETERS, Richard F. Ellis, and Peters Fabrics, Inc., Defendants, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided April 23, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Robert Popeo, Steven J. Brooks, and John M. Connolly, Boston, Mass., with whom John Foskett, Deutsch, Glass & Brooks, Paul D. Wilson, and Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & Popeo, Boston, Mass., were on brief, for Peters Fabrics, Inc., Richard F. Ellis, and William Peters.

Maurice R. Flynn, III, Asst. U.S. Atty., Boston, Mass., with whom William F. Weld, U.S. Atty., Boston, Mass., was on brief, for appellee.

Before COFFIN and ALDRICH, Circuit Judges, and GIGNOUX, Senior District Judge.

COFFIN, Circuit Judge.

Defendants Peters Fabrics, Inc., its president, William Peters, and its vice president, Richard Ellis, appeal from convictions for mail fraud, 18 U.S.C. § 1341, and conspiracy, 18 U.S.C. § 371, arising out of a scheme to defraud their insurance company by claiming property loss due to fire and theft. The jury convicted all defendants on two counts of mail fraud and one count of conspiracy. Prior to sentencing, the district court granted...

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