Legal Opinion
United States v. Robert E. Suppenbach, Also Known as Decoder Bob
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 25, 1993No. 92-3698PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.
Robert E. Suppenbach appeals from his conviction for conspiring to unlawfully modify and distribute electronic devices to be used for the unauthorized decryption of satellite cable television programming, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371 and 47 U.S.C. § 605(e)(4). He argues that his conviction is not supported by sufficient evidence and that the district court’s 1 supplemental jury instructions denied him a fair trial. We affirm.
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In 1986, major cable television programmers began scrambling their satellite transmissions in order to thwart unauthorized reception of their…
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