Legal Opinion
United States v. Rhada Smith
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided February 6, 2015No. 13-3713UnpublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CLAY, Circuit Judge.
Defendant Rhada Smith appeals from her conviction and sentence for one count of conspiracy to utter or possess counterfeit checks and to commit bank fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371. Smith argues that her trial counsel provided ineffective assistance, the government’s delay in bringing the indictment violated her right to due process, and the district court improperly excluded a jury instruction on her good faith defense. For the reasons that follow, we AFFIRM.
BACKGROUND
In 2006, investigators from National City Bank (“National City”) detected a suspicious pattern of…
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