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U.S. v. CATTON

No. 95-2622.

89 F.3d 387 (1996)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James CATTON, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 11, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bradley W. Murphy, Office of the United States Attorney, Peoria, IL, Timothy Bass (argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Springfield, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Richard H. Parsons, Peoria, IL, Daniel G. O'Day, Cusack, Fleming, Gilfillan & O'Day, Peoria, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before POSNER, Chief Judge, and ROVNER and DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judges.

POSNER, Chief Judge.

A jury convicted James Catton of submitting five false claims to the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 287, and the judge sentenced him to 21 months in prison. Section 287 makes it a crime to file a "false, fictitious, or fraudulent claim" with a federal agency. Unlike 18 U.S.C. § 1001, which makes it a crime to file a false statement with a federal agency, section 287 makes the imposition of a prison...

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