Legal Opinion
United States v. Randal Kent Hansen
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided June 30, 2015No. 14-2188PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SHEPHERD, Circuit Judge.
A jury convicted Randal Kent Hansen of mail fraud, wire fraud, and conspiracy to commit mail fraud and wire fraud, as a result of actions Hansen took while operating a hedge fund that cost its investors millions of dollars when it collapsed in 2011. The district court 1 sentenced Hansen to 108 months imprisonment and ordered him to pay over $17 million in restitution. Hansen appeals his conviction, challenging the district court’s (1) denial of his motion for judgment of acquittal, (2) giving of a willful blindness instruction, and (3) instruction on conspiracy. We…
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