Legal Opinion
United States v. Richard Emerson Bonnette, Jr.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided January 7, 1986No. 84-6168PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WALTER E. HOFFMAN, Senior District Judge:
Richard Emerson Bonnette, Jr., moved, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. section 2255, 1 to vacate his convictions for bank fraud, relying on an interpretation of the statute under which he was convicted, 18 U.S.C. section 1014, 2 in a case decided by the United States Supreme Court after Bonnette’s convictions had become final. The government responded with a motion for summary judgment, which the district court granted. We affirm.
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FACTS
The facts are not in dispute. Bonnette was an attorney practicing in Lexington, South Carolina, at the time of the events leading…
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