Legal Opinion
United States v. Benjamin Stanley, Rufus Paul Harris
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided January 6, 2014No. 12-11126PublishedCited by 81 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MARCUS, Circuit Judge:
Co-defendants Rufus Paul Harris and Benjamin Stanley appeal their securities fraud convictions and sentences stemming from their role in a “pump and dump” scheme, in which misrepresentations artificially boost a company’s stock price and allow insiders to sell inflated shares. Moments before Harris and his co-defendants were to present opening statements in their securities fraud trial, he moved to represent himself. After this wish was granted, and after the Government had rested its case, Harris fled from justice. Now Harris and co-defendant Stanley contend that the…
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