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UNITED STATES v. MERZ

Nos. 78-1218, 78-1220.

580 F.2d 342 (1978)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. John G. MERZ, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. HIGHLAND DUNES SCOTCH INVESTORS-FEDERAL, INC., Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided August 2, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Larry B. Leventhal, Minneapolis, Minn., for appellants; Samuel H. Bellman, and Rolfe A. Worden, Minneapolis, Minn., on brief.

Francis X. Herman, Asst. U.S. Atty., Minneapolis, Minn., for appellee; Andrew W. Danielson, U.S. Atty., Minneapolis, Minn., on brief.

Before STEPHENSON, Circuit Judge, INGRAHAM, Senior Circuit Judge, and HENLEY, Circuit Judge.

HENLEY, Circuit Judge.

In January of the current year John G. Merz and Highland Dunes Scotch Investors-Federal, Inc., a corporation controlled by Merz and his wife, were convicted in the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota (The Honorable Harry H. MacLaughlin, District Judge) of a violation of the federal mail fraud statute, 18 U.S.C. § 1341. Merz was sentenced to imprisonment for five years and was fined $1,000.00. The corporate defendant...

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