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United States v. James Mills, Doing Business as Great American Financial Corp., Inc.

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided March 8, 1993No. 92-2041PublishedCited by 51 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HANSEN, Circuit Judge.

A jury convicted James F. Mills on six counts of wire fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1343. The district court 1 sentenced him to an 80-month term of imprisonment on each count of conviction to be served concurrently. Mills appeals and raises two trial issues and three sentencing issues. We affirm.

I. Background

Mills, doing business as Great American Financial Corporation (GAFC), devised a scheme to seek out prospective borrowers from around the country who needed loans to finance multimillion-dollar commercial and real estate projects. After Mills contacted a potential…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Huddleston v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
  2. United States v. James Michael WiseCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1992
  3. United States v. Rusel J. Jagim, United States of America v. Jay L. Depew, United States of America v. Jay L. Depew, United States of America v. Sylvester A. Ziebarth, Sylvester A. Ziebarth v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1992
  4. United States v. Eddie Lee GallowayCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1992
  5. United States v. Robert J. Prendergast, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1992

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3Cited by51 opinions

  1. United States v. Steven C. WillisCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1993
  2. United States v. Cecil Eugene Ballew, A/K/A Eugene BallewCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1994
  3. United States v. Lavonne Roach, United States of America v. Rodney Jackson, United States of America v. Kevin Eagle TailCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1999
  4. United States v. Harold J. Jones, United States of America v. James O. Cashaw, United States of America v. John L. PalmerCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1998
  5. United States of America, Appellee/cross-Appellant v. Jerry E. Wells and Kenneth R. Steele, Appellant/cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1997

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