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UNITED STATES EX REL. S.E.C. v. BILLINGSLEY

No. 84-1165.

766 F.2d 1015 (1985)

UNITED STATES of America, ex rel. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Robert H. BILLINGSLEY, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided June 26, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Erick Summergrad, S.E.C., Washington, D.C., for plaintiff-appellee.

Robert E. Burke, McHenry, Ill., for defendant-appellant.

Before ESCHBACH, COFFEY and FLAUM, Circuit Judges.

FLAUM, Circuit Judge.

Defendant Robert Billingsley appeals from his criminal contempt conviction following a jury trial for violating a 1965 district court order enjoining him from offering or selling unregistered, nonexempt securities. Billingsley bases his appeal on two grounds only: first, that the court below improperly found him fit to stand trial by placing the burden of proof on him rather than on the government, and second, that the court erred in instructing...

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