Legal Opinion
United States v. Brenton Neil Mullins, United States of America v. Phillip Ross Rinker, United States of America v. James Robert Winkleman
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 21, 1993No. 91-50107 to 91-50109PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
The memorandum disposition filed January 8, 1993, is redesignated as an authored opinion by Judge Leavy.
OPINION
LEAVY, Circuit Judge:
Three travel agents were convicted by a jury of mail and wire fraud arising out of their conspiracy to defraud an airline by electronically transferring frequent flyer miles to fictitious accounts and then cashing in those accounts for free airline tickets. On appeal the three agents argue, inter alia, that (1) the district court improperly excluded evidence showing that they did not deprive the airline of anything of value and therefore did not commit mail…
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