Legal Opinion
United States v. Mbaye
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 28, 2016No. 14-3348PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge.
Saliou Mbaye was charged with bank fraud and mail fraud. The government alleged that he and three co-defendants ran a mortgage-fraud scheme that “earned” them $600,000. At trial, Mbaye testified and admitted to his conduct and to the existence of a scheme, but claimed that he lacked the requisite guilty state of mind. He said that he was duped into helping out his co-defendants, who were the only true fraudsters. The jury didn’t believe him, so he was convicted.
Mbaye contends on appeal that the evidence of his guilty mind was legally insufficient, but we disagree. The…
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