Legal Opinion

United States v. Gene McBride

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided December 7, 1988No. 87-2584PublishedCited by 66 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BRIGHT, Senior Circuit Judge.

The United States, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3731, appeals the district court’s 1 order granting a new trial after a jury found Gene McBride guilty of four counts of willfully and knowingly making false statements to a government agency in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1001. The Government contends the district court abused its discretion in granting the new trial. For reasons discussed below, we affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

While employed as a Farmers Home Administration (FmHA) County Supervisor, McBride obtained a loan from FmHA to purchase cattle and gave FmHA a mortgage on…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Arizona v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  2. Charles Earl McNeely v. United States of America, Robert Eugene Johnson v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1965
  3. United States v. John Leonard DavenportCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1985
  4. United States v. Laurence M. Anderson, United States of America v. Adrian Volk, United States of America v. Robert Lee JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1984
  5. La Barge Water Well Supply Company, a Corporation v. United States of America, La Barge Pipe Line Supply Company, a Corporation v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1963

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3Cited by66 opinions

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  4. United States v. Richard E. WallCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2004
  5. John J. Joubert, Appellee/cross-Appellant v. Frank X. Hopkins, Appellant/cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1996

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