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United States v. Valentine Onwubiko Obasi

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided January 19, 2006No. 05-1125PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MURPHY, Circuit Judge.

Valentine Onwubiko Obasi1 was indicted for mail fraud, wire fraud, and money laundering and was convicted on thirty seven counts by a jury. The district court2 sentenced him to 33 months and ordered restitution in the amount of $368,578.80. Obasi appeals, claiming that the denial of a portion of his request for investigative funds under the Criminal Justice Act (CJA) violated his constitutional rights, that the district court improperly admitted evidence of foreign bank records, and that the prosecutor committed misconduct in eliciting testimony about an absent investor.…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. United States v. BledsoeCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1982
  2. United States v. Abraham KastoCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1978
  3. United States v. Ronald Lester JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1992
  4. United States v. Nicholas D'andrea, Jack Ware and Nelson HarrisCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1980
  5. United States v. Jean M. BertlingCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2004

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. United States v. Mark SnarrCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2013
  2. United States v. Ricardo Watkins, Also Known as MacCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2007
  3. In Re: Marcum L.L.P.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2012
  4. Marcum LLP v. United StatesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2013
  5. Jessie Dotson v. State of TennesseeTennessee Supreme Court · 2023

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