UNITED STATES v. HARRIS

Nos. 83-1778, 83-1801.

729 F.2d 441 (1984)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James HARRIS and Richard Gray, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided February 24, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick A. Tuite, Chicago, Ill., Patrick Reardon, Chicago, Ill., for appellants.

Gillum Ferguson, Asst. U.S. Atty., Chicago, Ill., for appellee.

Before PELL, CUDAHY and POSNER, Circuit Judges.


POSNER, Circuit Judge.

These consolidated appeals raise significant issues regarding the scope of important federal criminal laws, and lesser evidentiary and procedural questions, all growing out of a theft of tiles that the Chicago Housing Authority had bought with federal money.

James Harris, a CHA employee for more than 20 years, was in charge of, and Richard Gray a member of, a team assigned to lay tile in public housing owned by the CHA. The materials...

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