Legal Opinion
United States v. Jay Schmeltz
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided December 20, 2011No. 11-3140PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
COOK, Circuit Judge.
Federal prisoner Jay Schmeltz appeals his conviction for falsifying a document in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1519, alleging that the structure of his indictment was duplicitous and that the district court’s failure to provide the jury with a specific unanimity instruction violated his right to a unanimous verdict. Finding no error, we affirm.
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On May 30, 2004, doctors at St. Vincent’s Hospital discharged Carlton Benton, releasing him into the custody of two deputies of the Lucas County Sheriffs Office, Patrick Mangold and defendant Jay Schmeltz. Benton, a pretrial…
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