Legal Opinion

United States v. Barnhart

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided March 26, 2010No. 07-2729PublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SYKES, Circuit Judge.

A jury convicted Gregory Barnhart on two counts of wire fraud — one involving a fraud on a former employer and the other involving a fraudulent scheme to obtain a $500,000 loan from Sun Trust Bank secured by E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (“DuPont”). Barnhart argues that we should reverse his convictions for two reasons. First, he contends that the district judge’s questioning of witnesses during his trial displayed an inappropriate bias in favor of the government. Second, he argues that the government prejudicially “paraded” before the jury the factual details of…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. United States v. OlanoSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
  2. Quercia v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1933
  3. United States v. Danny Smith and Harry D. LoweCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2002
  4. Rudolph v. Campbell, Jr. v. James GreerCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1987
  5. United States v. Robert Coffman, Jerry Beller, and Thresher T. RippeyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1996

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3Cited by19 opinions

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