United States v. Michael Lee Osborn

MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.

In early 1994, Michael Lee Osborn was indicted in federal district court on ten counts of bank fraud related to his theft or alteration of checks that either he or his wife deposited into various bank accounts. See 18 U.S.C. § 1344. The first five counts involved checks allegedly stolen by his wife, with his assistance, from her employer during a four-week period in late 1992. The sixth count involved a check payable to Mr. Osborn that he allegedly altered in mid-1993. The remaining four counts involved checks allegedly stolen by Mr. Osborn from some…