United States Eighth Circuit

Convictions arising from husband and wife's scheme of fraudulently obtaining funds from various financing institutions are affirmed over claims that: 1) questions regarding annual household income on disputed credit card applications were too ambiguous to form the basis of prosecution for false statements; 2) insufficient evidence supported the convictions; and 3) the judgment and sentence on bank fraud and false statement offenses violated the Double Jeopardy Clause.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/26/2007
• Published 02/26/2007

Judges

• BEAM, Circuit Judge., Before WOLLMAN, BEAM, MELLOY, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Patricia Mullen Hulting, Des Moines, IA, for Honarvar., John P. Messina, Federal Public Defender's Office Southern District of Iowa, Des Moines, IA, for Zamanian., Kevin E. Vanderschel, Asst. U.S. Atty., Des Moines, IA, for U.S.