U.S. v. MOORE

Nos. 08-1177, 08-1615.

563 F.3d 583 (2009)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Darwin P. MOORE and Bruce E. Knutson, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 21, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel J. Graber, Attorney (argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Madison, WI, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Johanna M. Christiansen, Attorney, Richard H. Parsons, Attorney, Office of the Federal Public Defender, Peoria, IL, for Defendant-Appellant Darwin Moore.

Erika L. Bierma, Attorney (argued, Federal Defender Services, Madison, WI, for Defendant-Appellant Bruce Knutson.

Before RIPPLE, MANION, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.


EVANS, Circuit Judge.

The time: 6 p.m. The place: Ho-Chunk casino in Baraboo, Wisconsin. The event: a drawing to determine who would walk off with $10,000. Undoubtedly, excitement was in the air. Realistically, the average schlemiel had only a .000067 percent chance of winning. But another participant in the drawing had to like his chances: Bruce Knutson had a 30 percent chance of coming up a winner. And when the winning entry form was pulled from the barrel—...

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