Legal Opinion
United States v. Route
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 13, 1997No. 96-10297PublishedCited by 87 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:
Michael Route appeals his conviction of thirteen counts of bank fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1344. Finding no error, we affirm.
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Route was charged with participating in a scheme to defraud various businesses and financial institutions. Route and Eddie Crossley conspired to draft checks payable in the name of Paul Beaty, a fictitious individual in whose name Route and Crossley had obtained a Texas driver’s license, which cheeks were then given to Marvin Fullwood. Full-wood, having obtained a bank account in Beaty’s name, would then cash the checks and give a…
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