United States v. Martin Gjerde

United States Court of Appeals FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT _____________ No. 96-2033 _____________ United States of America, * * Plaintiff - Appellee, * Appeal from the United States * District Court for the v. * District of Minnesota. * Martin Ole Gjerde, * * Defendant - Appellant. * _____________ Submitted: November 20, 1996 Filed: April 7, 1997 _____________ Before FAGG, WOLLMAN, and HANSEN, Circuit Judges. _____________ HANSEN, Circuit Judge. Martin O. Gjerde appeals his conviction for conspiring to defraud an agency of the United States in violation of

18 U.S.C. § 371

(1994). He argues that the…