United States v. Mikel Jones

OPINION

BARRY, Circuit Judge.

Mikel Jones and his wife, Dona Nichols Jones, were convicted of conspiracy to defraud and various counts of wire fraud, mail fraud, and money laundering, in connection with their use of a line of credit extended by Stillwater Holdings, LLC (“Stillwater”) to the Mikel Jones Law Firm to fund hundreds of thousands of dollars of personal expenses. 1 Mikel Jones was sentenced to 42 months in prison and ordered to pay $457,743.75 in restitution. Dona Jones was sentenced to one day in prison and restitution of $358,995. They now appeal.

On appeal, the Joneses claim that…