UNITED STATES v. MITCHELL

Nos. 81-5283, 81-5284.

720 F.2d 370 (1983)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. John G. MITCHELL, a/k/a Jack Mitchell, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Harry MORGAN, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided November 1, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas H. Williams, Jr., Nashville, Tenn., for appellant Harry Morgan.

Lionel R. Barrett, Jr., Nashville, Tenn., on brief, for appellant John G. Mitchell.

Cameron B. Littlejohn, Jr., Asst. U.S. Atty., Columbia, S.C. (Henry Dargan McMaster, U.S. Atty., Columbia, S.C., Frances Lee Cain, third year law student on brief), for appellee.

Before RUSSELL, WIDENER and CHAPMAN, Circuit Judges.


DONALD RUSSELL, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal from convictions of the defendants/appellants of mail fraud (§§ 1341 and 2, 18 U.S.C.) and conspiracy (§ 371, 18 U.S.C.). The grounds of appeal are insufficiency of evidence, prejudicial supplementary instructions to the jury after the jury had been deliberating for seven hours and inconsistency of verdict. The charge against the defendants involved the use of the mails in the marketing of time-shares...

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