United States Seventh Circuit

Convictions and sentences for mail and wire fraud are affirmed where: 1) reliance is not an aspect of the materiality element in mail-fraud prosecutions; 2) the prosecution did not withhold exculpatory evidence; 3) there was no Booker error; and 4) award of restitution was appropriate under civil fraud principles.

Appellate Information

• Argued 06/02/2006
• Decided 07/19/2006
• Published 07/19/2006

Judges

• EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge., Before POSNER, EASTERBROOK, and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• David E. Hollar (argued), Office of U.S. Attorney, Hammond, IN, for Plaintiff-Appellee., James A. Shapiro (argued), Shapiro & Schwartz, Chicago, IL, Joseph P. Franklin (argued), Winston & Strawn, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellants.