UNITED STATES v. BROOKS

No. 84-1337.

748 F.2d 1199 (1984)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Nathaniel BROOKS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 3, 1984.

Rehearing Denied January 3, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scott King, Asst. U.S. Atty., R. Lawrence Steele, Jr., U.S. Atty., John F. Hoehner, Asst. U.S. Atty., Hammond, Ind., for plaintiff-appellee.

Itsia D. Rivera, East Chicago, Ind., for defendant-appellant.

Before CUMMINGS, Chief Judge, and POSNER and FLAUM, Circuit Judges.


FLAUM, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction following a bench trial in which the defendant was found guilty on two counts of mail fraud. The defendant argues that there was insufficient evidence produced at trial to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that he used or caused someone to use the United States mails pursuant to a scheme to defraud his insurance company. For the reasons stated below, we reverse the conviction on both counts.

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