Legal Opinion
United States v. Joseph Silvestri
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided May 23, 2005No. 03-12820PublishedCited by 189 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MARCUS, Circuit Judge:
Joseph Silvestri appeals his conviction after a jury trial for conspiring to launder the proceeds of mail and wire fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1956(h), and for 30 substantive counts of laundering the proceeds of mail and wire fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1957 and 2. All of the charges arose from Silvestri’s involvement in a fraudulent investment program based in South Carolina. Silvestri broadly challenges the sufficiency of the evidence on the conspiracy and substantive money laundering counts, and claims that the jury instructions on the conspiracy charge…
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