UNITED STATES v. WIEHOFF

Nos. 83-2823, 83-2824, 83-3144 and 83-3145.

748 F.2d 1158 (1984)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James WIEHOFF, Alan Thayer, Eric Luks, and D.W. Wakefield, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided November 9, 1984.

Rehearing Denied February 11, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven A. Miller, Asst. U.S. Atty., Dan K. Webb, U.S. Atty., Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellee.

John A. Dienner, III, Pierce, Lydon, Griffin & Montana, Chicago, Ill., Mark Alan Levine, Miami, Fla., Gerald J. Collins, Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellants.

Before WOOD and ESCHBACH, Circuit Judges, and SWYGERT, Senior Circuit Judge.


SWYGERT, Senior Circuit Judge.

Defendant-appellants appeal their convictions of wire fraud and inducing interstate travel pursuant to a fraudulent scheme, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1343 and 18 U.S.C. § 2314 respectively. The primary issue on appeal is whether the district court should have dismissed the original indictment with prejudice because of a violation of the Speedy Trial Act, 18 U.S.C. § 3161 ("the Act"). Defendants also challenge evidentiary...

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