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UNITED STATES v. MELVIN

No. 75-3330.

544 F.2d 767 (1977)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James D. MELVIN, Gregory Allan Conner, Robert Pierce, and Carson Robert Yeager, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 3, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward J. David, Fayetteville, N. C., for defendants-appellants.

Robert W. Rust, U. S. Atty., William R. Northcutt, Asst. U. S. Atty., Miami, Fla., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before BROWN, Chief Judge, and TUTTLE and GEE, Circuit Judges.

JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge:

Defendants Melvin, Conner, Pierce and Yeager appeal from their convictions for conspiracy to violate, and violation of, the mail fraud statute, 18 U.S.C.A. §§ 371,1 1341,2 which makes unlawful any scheme to defraud in which the mails are employed in some significant way in carrying out the scheme. Violation is a felony. These convictions...

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