United States Ninth Circuit

Defendant's convictions and sentence for wire fraud, mail fraud, and money laundering are: 1) affirmed in part, where defendant's waiver of the right to counsel was voluntary, knowing, and intelligent, defendant's Sixth Amendment right to self-representation was not violated when she adopted the district court's suggestion to permit her co-defendant-husband to conduct her direct and re-direct examination, the district court did not abuse its discretion in denying defendant's motion for a new trial "in the interests of justice," the evidence was sufficient to support defendant's convictions for wire and mail fraud, and the district court properly instructed the jury regarding the mens rea for these offenses; but 2) reversed in part and remanded for resentencing, where the evidence was insufficient to support defendant's convictions on two money laundering counts, and the jury was improperly instructed as to one of these charges.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/07/2014
• Published 04/07/2014

Judges

• NGUYEN

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel