Legal Opinion
United States v. David M. Saks, United States of America v. James Doyle Spruill
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 23, 1992No. 91-5568, 91-5572PublishedCited by 119 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:
A jury convicted Doyle Spruill and David Saks on one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States, 18 U.S.C. § 371, and five counts of bank fraud, 18 U.S.C. § 1344. Spruill and Saks challenge the jury instructions and the sufficiency of the evidence. Saks also argues that the court erred in admitting testimony of Spruill given in a deposition in a civil suit, contrary to the Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment. Both defendants also contend that their convictions on the bank fraud counts were multiplicitous. We find that the evidence was…
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