U.S. v. COLLINS

No. 11-1954.

685 F.3d 651 (2012)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Michael V. COLLINS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 6, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norman R. Smith (argued), Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, Fairview Heights, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Robert J. Stientjes (argued), Attorney, Stientjes & Tolu, LLC, St. Louis, MO for Defendant-Appellant.

Before RIPPLE, MANION, and SYKES, Circuit Judges.


SYKES, Circuit Judge.

Michael Collins served for many years as a city councilman and vice-mayor of East St. Louis, Illinois, but left city service in 2002 and moved to the suburbs. Although he no longer lived in the city, he used his previous address in East St. Louis to continue to vote there and to establish residency for his successful election and re-election to the public office of precinct committeeman for the local Democratic This fraud attracted the attention...

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