United States v. Sandra Vaccaro, John Vaccaro, Michael Brennan, Paul Bond, Norman Alvis, Stephen Labarbera, Dorothy Snider, and William Cushing

Bad Law

816 F.2d 443·22 Fed. R. Serv. 1570·1987 U.S. App. LEXIS 5565

United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitApril 29, 198785-1153, 85-1154, 85-1161, 85-1170, 85-1179, 85-1180, 85-1195 and 85-1198California6,824 words

Opinion

Hug, J.

This case involves charges of interstate travel to conduct unlawful activity in the State of Nevada in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1952 (a)(3) (1982) and interstate transportation of money obtained by fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2314 (1982). Some of the defendants were charged with aiding and abetting these offenses in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2 . This case also involves charges of conspiracy to violate 18 U.S.C. § 2314 and conspiracy to defraud the United States in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371 (1982).

The indictment charged that 11 named defendants participated in an unlawful business enterprise in Nevada to cheat Nevada hotels and casinos by rigging slot machines to pay jackpots. The indictment charged that this involved interstate travel and interstate transportation of the money fraudulently obtained. The conspiracy charged was that some of the defendants conspired to make false reports to the Internal Revenue Service concerning the money so obtained.

Three of the defendants pled guilty and the remaining eight defendants were tried in a joint trial. Six of the eight defendants were charged with the conspiracy. All of the defendants were charged with several counts…

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Parties

UNITED STATES of America-
Plaintiff
Sandra VACCARO, John Vaccaro, Michael Brennan, Paul Bond, Norman Alvis, Stephen Labarbera, Dorothy Snider, and William Cushing-
Defendant

Judges

Hug
Alarcon
Stephens

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