Legal Opinion
Stephen Christian, A/K/A Stephen Cline v. William Rhode
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided November 22, 1994No. 93-16805PublishedCited by 217 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SNEED, Circuit Judge:
The cry, “There’s gold in them thar hills!” has long lured investors, dreamers, and sometimes deceivers. So it did in this case. Arizona investors laid out over $1.8 million to obtain interests in mining operations, only to discover that there was neither gold nor any hills. The mines were nonexistent, the shares worthless, and the mine promoter, Stephen Christian, 1 and his cohorts had spent the invested funds on personal effects.
Christian was convicted on multiple counts of criminal fraud, conspiracy, and theft by an Arizona jury. After exhausting state remedies,…
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