Legal Opinion
United States v. Wardell Washington
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided March 24, 1997No. 96-2586PublishedCited by 75 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOKEN, Circuit Judge.
Wardell Washington appeals his bank fraud conviction and sentence. He raises upward departure, suppression, and venue issues and argues that the district judge 1 should not have conducted the sentencing after participating in earlier plea discussions. We affirm.
In June 1993, a prison acquaintance was arrested for bank fraud and left his automobile and check protector in Washington’s care. For the next eight months, Washington used these items in his own bank fraud scheme. He obtained blank birth certificates and taught his drug addict accomplices, Kim LeFevers and Pam…
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