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· 12/4/1972

Sims v. Idaho State Department of Highways

Citations

  • 409 U.S. 1037
  • 93 S. Ct. 518
  • 34 L. Ed. 2d 488
  • 1972 U.S. LEXIS 392

How courts have described this case

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  • repeated actions of participants in scheme sufficient to show intent and to preclude finding of mistake or naivete
  • different teams of people staged automobile collisions in various parts of Louisiana for the common purpose of defrauding insurers
  • revelation of criminal records of co-defendants is not so prejudical as to warrant a severance
  • conspiracy among numerous individuals, including doctors and lawyers, to stage automobile accidents and to file and collect for fraudulent insurance claims

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