Legal Opinion
United States v. David Phillip Munoz Bennie E. McGregor Donald L. Thomson
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided December 6, 2000No. 99-50195, 99-50196, 99-50203PublishedCited by 123 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TALLMAN, Circuit Judge:
David Munoz, Bennie McGregor, and Donald Thomson appeal their convictions and sentences for mail fraud and aiding and abetting under 18 U.S.C. §§ 1341 & 2 (2000). After a month-long trial a jury found all three defendants guilty of mail fraud for participating in a fraudulent “Ponzi” investment scheme. We have jurisdiction and affirm their convictions but vacate the sentences of Munoz and McGre-gor and remand for resentencing. We affirm Thomson’s conviction and sentence.
The three defendants press numerous claims of error on appeal. Two major questions predominate.…
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