UNITED STATES v. MASCIO

Nos. 84-2594, 84-2608.

774 F.2d 219 (1985)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ralph MASCIO, Jr., Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Thomas COVELLO, Sr., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided October 3, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth L. Cunniff, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellant.

John L. Burley, Strike Force, Asst. U.S. Atty., Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before WOOD and POSNER, Circuit Judges, and WEIGEL, Senior District Judge.


WEIGEL, Senior District Judge.

Defendants Ralph Mascio, Jr. and Thomas Covello, Sr., appeal from a jury verdict convicting them on five counts of mail fraud. 18 U.S.C. §§ 1341-42. Along with Anthony Recchia, who pleaded guilty, they were accused of submitting a false and fraudulent insurance claim to the Economy Fire and Casualty Company for the purported theft of Recchia's car.

The principal evidence at trial consisted of eleven conversations from...

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