United States v. Donald R. Nance, Ii, and Thomas N. Tileston

ROSS, Circuit Judge.

This is a joint appeal by Donald R. Nance, II, and Thomas N. Tileston from a jury verdict finding them guilty of seven of the fifteen charged counts of mail fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1341. In each of the fifteen counts of the indictment Nance and Tileston were charged with use of the mail for the purpose of executing- a fraudulent scheme involving the sale of distributorships for merchandise marketed on wire rack displays. Guilty verdicts were returned on seven of those counts, specifically, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 12, and 13. Respecting each of those verdicts, Nance and…