Two felonies, making false statements to customs officials. and the black hills institute as a corporation is convicted of two misdemeanor thefts, a felony theft and twice making false statements to customs officials. they also found them guilty of bringing goods into the states by making a false statement. defendants eddie cole and terry wentz were not convicted on any charges. as the verdict was announced, it was almost impossible to believe that the defense hadn t scored a great victory. however, there were some fairly significant felony convictions. the expression, you could have knocked me over with a feather, you could have knocked me over with a feather. i talked to some jurors after the trial. some of them were near tears when i interviewed them about how they had hoped they could acquit on every single charge. i believe they had to have something to take this to trial, and i spent the whole trial waiting for that something. without a doubt, the majority of the jurors w
Theft. bob farrar, false statements to customs. the jury also found the institute guilty of bringing goods into the states by making a false statements. defendants eddie cole and terry wince were not convicted on any charges. as the verdict was announced, it was almost impossible to believe that the defense had scored a great victory. however, there were some fairly significant felony convictions. the expression you could have knocked me over with a feather, you could have knocked me over with a feather. i talked to some jurors after the trial. some of them were near tears when i interviewed them about how they had hoped they could acquit on every single charge. i believe they had to have something to take this to trial. and i spent the whole trial