United States v. John C. Sheffield and Dennis Zeke Crowder

GODBOLD, Senior Circuit Judge.

Appellants John C. Sheffield and Dennis Zeke Crowder were convicted by a jury on two counts of wire fraud and aiding and abetting wire fraud, 18 U.S.C. §§ 1343 and 1342. 1 Evidence sufficiently showed a conspiracy between appellants and Tommy Sca-mardo. Scamardo, at Sheffield’s instigation, was to sell Sheffield’s Mercedes Benz automobile, a convertible, and Sheffield would report the car as stolen and collect the insurance proceeds. Sheffield and Scamardo were friends, and at times Sheffield had loaned the Mercedes to Scamardo. The vehicle had a $17,000 hen…