Legal Opinion

United States v. Jimmy Beaumont

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided August 27, 1992No. 91-4703PublishedCited by 32 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judge:

Jimmy Beaumont and three other defendants were convicted of “structuring” 1 a financial transaction with intent to evade the reporting requirements of 31 U.S.C. § 5313(a) — a violation of 31 U.S.C. § 5324(3). Beaumont appeals this conviction for structuring and, finding that the district court committed neither plain error in its jury instruction on structuring nor reversible error in refusing to sever Beaumont’s case from that of his co-defendants, we affirm.

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On March 26, 1990, Beaumont and Hers-man entered the Orange Bank in Orange, Texas to purchase…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Bruton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. United States v. YoungSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  3. Cheek v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
  4. United States v. Michael G. Thevis, Alton Bart Hood, Global Industries, Inc., Anna Jeanette EvansCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
  5. United States v. Ben Lee Basey, Armando Jose Lopez, and Oscar Quirarte Ponce, DefendantsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1987

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3Cited by32 opinions

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  2. United States v. Purvis Ray Cartwright and Purvis Jerome PatrickCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1993
  3. United States v. Billie Mac Jobe, Stephen Taylor, Philip Mark Sutton, Stanley Pruet Jobe, and Fernando NovoaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1996
  4. United States v. Andy Restrepo and Gustavo Bedoya NaranjoCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1993
  5. United States v. Daniel F. Aversa, United States of America v. Vincent Mento, United States of America v. William J. DonovanCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1993

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