United States v. Wharton

RESTANI, Judge:

Appellant Curtis Wharton (“Defendant”) appeals his conviction for (1) the foreign murder of a United States national in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1119; (2) conspiracy to kill in a foreign country in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 956; (3) fraud via interstate carrier in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1341; (4) mail fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1341; and (5) wire fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1343. These convictions arose from the murder of Defendant’s wife, Sheila Webb Wharton, in Haiti and Defendant’s subsequent efforts to collect the proceeds of life insurance policies for which…