Legal Opinion

United States v. Matthew Simpson

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided January 15, 2014No. 12-10574PublishedCited by 55 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

JAMES E. GRAVES, JR., Circuit Judge:

Matthew Simpson and Nathan Shafer raise multiple challenges to their convictions and sentences for participation in a wire and mail fraud conspiracy in the telecommunications industry. Simpson was also convicted of aiding and abetting the transmission of spam, obstruction of justice, and registration of a false domain name. We affirm all the convictions, except for Simpson’s conviction for registration of a false domain name. We also affirm Shafer’s sentence. However, we vacate and remand Simpson’s sentence in light of our reversal of one of his convictions.

2Cases cited40 opinions

  1. Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
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  5. Libretti v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1995

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