United States Fifth Circuit

Bankruptcy fraud statute at 18 USC 157 is not void for vagueness, and court need not instruct jury about defendant's "good faith" belief in the lawfulness of his conduct if the given instructions permitted the jury to consider the presence or absence of good faith.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/09/2001
• Published 06/11/2001

Judges

• EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judge:, Before POLITZ and EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judges, and HEAD, District Judge.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Michael Reuss Snipes, Asst. U.S. Atty., Dallas, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee., Gary Allen Taylor, Austin, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.