United States Seventh Circuit
US v. Boone, 09-1960
Conviction of defendant for mail fraud and other offenses, arising from charges related to a political corruption scheme, is affirmed where: 1) the government is entitled to establish the scheme and can rely on the evidence that occurred before and after the mailing in order to do so; 2) evidence of the interaction with one of the victims as admissible as direct evidence of the offense as it was directly relevant to establish a critical component of the scheme; and 3) evidence regarding the two victims also served to establish an element of the offense - defendant's knowledge.
Appellate Information
- Argued 01/14/2010
- Decided 12/27/2010
- Published 12/27/2010
Judges
Court
- United States Seventh Circuit