UNITED STATES v. OLINGER

No. 83-3247.

759 F.2d 1293 (1985)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Francis OLINGER, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 15, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William H. Theis, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellant.

Barry Rand Elden, Asst. U.S. Atty., Dan K. Webb-U.S. Atty., Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before CUDAHY, ESCHBACH, and EDWARDS, Circuit Judges.


GEORGE CLIFTON EDWARDS, Jr., Circuit Judge.

Defendant-appellant Francis Olinger appeals from his conviction for conspiracy to violate federal law through organized acts of vote fraud. The prosecution's factual proofs in this case are both overwhelming and all but undisputed. This appeal tells a story which would greatly resemble Edwin O'Connor's The Last Hurrah — except the scene is Chicago, not Boston; the date is 1982, not the first half of this century...

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