United States Eighth Circuit

Defendant's conviction and sentence for mail fraud and making false statements are affirmed where: 1) evidence of defendant's acts outside the District of North Dakota were "inextricably intertwined" with, and "intrinsic" to, the allegations in the superseding indictment; 2) it was not clear or obvious that the prosecutor was commenting indirectly on defendant's failure to testify; and 3) the record was replete with evidence to show defendant voluntarily and intentionally devised a scheme to defraud others into believing he was a licensed attorney and collecting substantial "fees" from them.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/13/2010
• Published 09/13/2010

Judges

• William J. Riley

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

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