Legal Opinion
United States v. Gregory Torlai, Jr.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 26, 2013No. 11-10359PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BYBEE, Circuit Judge:
Thomas Jefferson once wrote to John Jay: “Cultivators of the earth are the most valuable citizens. They are the most vigorous, the most independent, the most virtuous, and they are tied to their country and wedded to its liberty and interests by the most lasting bands.” 8 The Papers of Thomas Jefferson 426 (Julian P. Boyd et al. eds., Princeton University Press) (1950) (spelling modernized). Although an industrious cultivator of the earth, Gregory Peter Torlai did not prove the most virtuous. Torlai was convicted of sixteen counts of making a false claim for farm…
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