Legal Opinion
United States v. Deppe
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 11, 2007No. 07-1048PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Senior Circuit Judge.
The circus impresario, P.T. Barnum, is famously reputed to have said that “there’s a sucker born every minute.” That droll commentary on the human condition, whether or not fairly attributed to Barnum, 1 appears to be as insightful in cyber-commerce as in face-to-face business transactions. This conclusion is borne out by the case at hand, which involves an Internet fraud.
In the appeal proper, we are asked to consider allegations of instructional and sentencing error. The overarching themes are those of chicanery and greed. Thoroughly assured by a careful canvass…
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