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UNITED STATES v. BRITTON

No. 73-1890.

500 F.2d 1257 (1974)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Eugene BRITTON, a/k/a Eugene Junior Britton, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided July 23, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ted M. Henson, Jr., Poplar Bluff, Mo., for appellant.

Donald J. Stohr, U. S. Atty., and Jean C. Hamilton, Asst. U. S. Atty., St. Louis, Mo., for appellee.

Before BRIGHT and ROSS, Circuit Judges, and TALBOT SMITH, Senior District Judge.

TALBOT SMITH, Senior District Judge.

The case before us arises out of a planned and staged (a "fake") automobile accident. As a result thereof the defendant, who had some twenty-three policies of insurance in force, made numerous claims thereunder for recompense for personal injury and property damage. The scheme fell apart when the other driver involved confessed the fraud. Defendant was charged with using the mails to defraud1 and convicted...

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