UNITED STATES v. JOHNSON

Nos. 78-1656, 78-1696 and 78-1718.

594 F.2d 1253 (1979)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Lowell F. JOHNSON, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Joe S. AGERS, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. W. Shelley RICHEY, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied May 3, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Shiner, Alex A. Gaynes, Gaynes, Lovell & Rockafellow, Ralph E. Seefeldt, Michael M. Neal, Sullivan & Seefeldt, Alex A. Gaynes (argued), William G. Walker (argued), Tucson, Ariz., for defendants-appellants.

Daniel G. Knauss, Asst. U. S. Atty., Tucson, Ariz., Joseph P. Covington, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Phoenix, Ariz., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before MERRILL and CHOY, Circuit Judges, and BONSAL, District Judge.


Rehearing Denied in Nos. 78-1696 and 78-1718 May 3, 1979.

CHOY, Circuit Judge:

Johnson, Agers, and Richey appeal from their convictions for mail fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1341. We reverse and remand.

I. Statement of the Case

On September 8, 1977, a federal grand jury indicted appellants Johnson, Agers, and Richey, and two others, for mail fraud. Each appellant pleaded not guilty...

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