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U.S. v. THOMAS

Nos. 06-1381, 06-1488, 06-1555, 06-1601, 06-1900.

510 F.3d 714 (2007)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee/Cross-Appellant, v. Sheila THOMAS, Jesse Lewis, and Kelvin Ellis, Defendants-Appellants, and Charles Powell, Jr., Defendant-Appellant/Cross-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 17, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael C. Carr (argued), James M. Cutchin, Office of the United States Attorney, Benton, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee/Cross-Appellant.

Paul E. Sims (argued), Stokely Group, St. Louis, MO, for Defendants-Appellants.

Before EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge, and FLAUM and SYKES, Circuit Judges.

SYKES, Circuit Judge.

The defendants in this case—four Democratic precinct committeemen in East St. Louis, Illinois—were convicted of election fraud crimes for their participation in a vote-buying conspiracy during the November 2004 election. They argue on appeal that the evidence was insufficient to establish the existence of a single conspiracy, and that the admission of a DVD of a political speech given by a key government witness was reversible error...

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