United States v. Delores Homick, United States of America v. Charles Dietz
Opinion
Opinion
Reinhardt, J.
Delores Homick and Charles Dietz appeal their convictions on one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371 , and one count of wire fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1343 . We affirm.
BACKGROUND
On December 11, 1985, Bobby Jean Tip-ton, her housekeeper, and a delivery man were murdered during the course of a robbery at the Tipton residence in Las Vegas, Nevada. While investigating the robbery and murders, the Las Vegas police became suspicious of appellant Delores Homick’s ex-husband, Steven Homick (Steve), and his two brothers, William and Robert. On January 16, 1986, the police sought and received authorization from a Nevada state court judge to place wiretaps on the three telephone numbers at the residence of Steve and Delores Homick and the one telephone number at William Homick’s residence. The affidavit submitted in support of the wiretap application was based on information received from an FBI informant unfamiliar to the Las Vegas police.
In a dual operation, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department and the FBI monitored telephone calls to the two residences over a 60-day time period. On January 29, 1986, the police arrested Ronald…