U.S. v. HOLLY

No. 98-1248.

167 F.3d 393 (1999)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Wally HOLLY, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided February 11, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Susan E. Cox, Office of the United States Attorney, Criminal Division, Chicago, IL, Virginia M. Kendall (argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Paul M. Brayman, Chicago, IL, James D. Riddet, Stokke & Riddet, Santa Ana, CA, William J. Kopeny (argued), Kopeny & Powell, Irvine, CA, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before POSNER, Chief Judge, and KANNE and EVANS, Circuit Judges.


TERENCE T. EVANS, Circuit Judge.

Wally Holly was the brains behind a cruel plot to kill a show horse in order to collect insurance money. He and Freddy Vasquez, Jr. were charged with participating in a scheme to defraud an insurance company in violation of the federal mail fraud statute, 18 U.S.C. § 1341. Vasquez entered a guilty plea and Holly was convicted following a jury trial. Holly appeals his conviction, claiming that two evidentiary rulings deprived him...

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