Legal Opinion

United States v. Murleen Kay Kunzman

Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

Decided October 1, 1997No. 96-1310PublishedCited by 112 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LOGAN, Circuit Judge.

Defendant Murleen Kay Kunzman appeals from the district court’s order denying her motion to set aside her criminal convictions pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255. 1 Her appeal raises issues of subject matter jurisdiction, double jeopardy, ineffective assistance of counsel, res judicata, and collateral estoppel. Because none are meritorious we affirm.

Defendant and her husband (“Kunzmans”) defrauded numerous investors who purchased limited partnership investments in Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduits (“REMICs”) from them. The Kunzmans conducted a Ponzi scheme, in which…

2Cases cited24 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Lindh v. MurphySupreme Court of the United States · 1997
  3. United States v. LopezSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
  4. United States v. UrserySupreme Court of the United States · 1996
  5. John R. Tiedeman v. Dennis Benson, Warden, State of MinnesotaCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1997

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3Cited by112 opinions

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  3. Slack v. McDanielSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
  4. United States v. KennedyCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2000
  5. Feldon Jackson, Jr. v. John ShanksCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1998

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