Legal Opinion
United States v. Hubert Garland Evans
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided December 26, 2006No. 05-10624PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEELE, District Judge:
Appellant Evans was convicted of wire fraud under 18 U.S.C. § 1343, based on a May 22, 1997 telefax from the victim to Evans. The sole issue presented is whether the jury was entitled to find that Evans caused this telefax to be sent “for the purpose of executing” the scheme within the contemplation of Section 1343. 1 We conclude that the jury was so entitled.
I. BACKGROUND
Evans was president of Jagar Limited, which imported produce to the Bahamas for resale. Mark Mayrsohn was president of Produce Direct, Inc. (“PDI”), which was Jagar’s primary supplier of produce. In…
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