UNITED STATES v. PAPPAS

Nos. 78-2412, 78-2525.

602 F.2d 131 (1979)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Peter V. PAPPAS and Robert Craig, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 11, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter V. Pappas, Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellants.

Thomas P. Sullivan, U.S. Atty., Barry R. Elden, Asst. U.S. Atty., Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before PELL, SPRECHER and TONE, Circuit Judges.


SPRECHER, Circuit Judge.

The denial by the district court of a new trial based on newly discovered evidence is affirmed by us.

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The defendants Craig and Peter V. Pappas and others were indicted in a scheme wherein persons associated with the ready-mix concrete industry bribed members of the Illinois General Assembly in order to obtain favorable legislation.1 Both of them and others were charged in a 14 count indictment...

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