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RIZZO v. UNITED STATES

No. 16749.

295 F.2d 638 (1961)

August Tom RIZZO, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit.

November 6, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Claude Hanks, Clayton, Mo., made argument for appellant. Charles M. Shaw, Clayton, Mo., was on the brief.

D. Jeff Lance, U. S. Atty., and Frederick H. Mayer, Asst. U. S. Atty., St. Louis, Mo., were on the brief for appellee, and Frederick H. Mayer, St. Louis, Mo., made argument.

Before SANBORN, MATTHES and RIDGE, Circuit Judges.

SANBORN, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal by August Tom Rizzo from a judgment of conviction and a sentence aggregating 8 years of imprisonment, based upon the verdict of a jury finding him guilty under four counts of an indictment. Each of the counts charged that Rizzo and Charles A. Betsher had, between April 1 and December 1, 1960, devised a scheme to defraud The Franklin Life Insurance Company and Joseph L. Postar, and, in executing the scheme, had used the long...

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