United States v. Thomas Griffin

MARKEY, Chief Judge:

In the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, Thomas Griffin was convicted by a jury of wire fraud (18 U.S.C. 1343 and 2) (Count II), of interstate travel with intent to promote an unlawful activity (18 U.S.C. 1952) (Count Y), and of conspiracy to commit those offenses (18 U.S.C. 371) (Count I), all in relation to a scheme to profit from bets on races involving horses drugged by co-conspirators under Griffin’s direction. 1 Griffin appeals, alleging failure of the evidence to support his convictions and ineffective assistance of counsel. We…