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United States v. Beckner

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided November 20, 1995No. 94-30587PublishedCited by 21 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judge:

Defendant Donald L. Beckner appeals his conviction for four counts of wire fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1343, and one count of perjury, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1623. We reverse and remand.

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Beckner was a prominent Baton Rouge attorney and a former United States Attorney for the Middle District of Louisiana. Sam Recile, a New Orleans real estate developer, retained Beckner to defend an injunc-tive action brought against Recile by the Securities and Exchange Commission. The SEC alleged that Recile had engaged in securities fraud by issuing fraudulent…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Morgan v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
  2. Mu'Min v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
  3. United States v. Manuel Flores, United States of America v. Juan Raul GarzaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1995
  4. United States v. Jamiel Alexander ChagraCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
  5. United States v. Sterling Blake Davis, Sr., and William McCoy Hill, A/K/A Mike HillCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978

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3Cited by21 opinions

  1. United States v. Arthur C. Bieganowski, M.D., Richard J. Goldberg, C.P.A., Gustavo Diaz, and Jesse Jaime LopezCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2002
  2. United States v. SkillingCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2009
  3. Theodore W. Oswald v. Daniel BertrandCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2004
  4. United States v. West, MatthewCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2006
  5. United States v. TsarnaevCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2020

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