Legal Opinion

United States v. Keenan Kester Cofield

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided November 22, 2000No. 99-5437PublishedCited by 71 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

BOYCE F. MARTIN, Jr., Chief Judge.

Keenan Kester Cofield appeals the revocation of his supervised release, imposed after his 1991 conviction for wire fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1343. For the following reasons, we AFFIRM the district court’s revocation of supervised release.

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Cofield is a “scam artist” who attempted to extort money from the Chattanooga Times in a false obituary scheme in 1989. United States v. Cofield, No. 91-5957, 1992 WL 78105, at *1 (6th Cir. Apr.17, 1992) (per curiam). In February of that year he had a friend phone in notice of his death to the newspaper, which…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Diana Lynn Grant v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1996
  2. United States v. Leonard SchultzCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1988
  3. United States v. Leonard LowensteinCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1997
  4. United States v. Lin Edward DavisCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1998
  5. United States v. Walter v. Cross, A/K/A Bobo, in No. 96-3239. Jules C. Melograne, in No. 96-3240. Nunzio Melograne, in No. 96-3241Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1997

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3Cited by71 opinions

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  4. United States v. DennyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2011
  5. Clarence D. Roberts v. Harold E. Carter, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2003

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