Legal Opinion
United States v. Diane G. Luffred
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 30, 1990No. 89-2106PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POLITZ, Circuit Judge:
Diane Luffred appeals her convictions for conspiracy to commit bank fraud and the substantive charge of bank fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 2, 371, and 1344. Finding that the jury’s verdict was tainted by the presence of extrinsic evidence in the deliberation room, we reverse and remand for a new trial.
Background
In March 1988 Diane Luffred was named in two counts of a three-count indictment charging her with one count of conspiracy to commit bank fraud and one count of bank fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 2, 371, and 1344. Peter Luffred, her husband, was named in…
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