UNITED STATES v. BURTON

Nos. 82-2711, 82-2748.

724 F.2d 1283 (1984)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Archie BURTON and Andrew Ryder, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided January 6, 1984.

As Corrected January 12, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick A. Tuite, The Law Office of Patrick A. Tuite, Ltd., Thomas Peters, Murphy, Peters, Davis & O'Brien, Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellants.

Julian Solotorovsky, Asst. U.S. Atty., Dan K. Webb, U.S. Atty., Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before PELL and COFFEY, Circuit Judges, and NEAHER, Senior District Judge.


PELL, Circuit Judge.

The defendants, Burton and Ryder, appeal their convictions by jury trial of conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud and to travel interstate to commit arson, 18 U.S.C. §§ 371 and 1952(a)(3), and of mail fraud and wire fraud. 18 U.S.C. §§ 1341 and 1343. The defendants appeal the denial of a number of motions made before and during the joint trial.

First, Burton moved to sever his case from that of Ryder, his co-defendant...

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