Legal Opinion
Wilson v. Roy
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 13, 2011No. 09-40556PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
W. EUGENE DAVIS, Circuit Judge:
Petitioner Wayland Thomas Wilson appeals the denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2241 petition arguing that his conviction of money laundering must be overturned based on the holding in United States v. Santos, 553 U.S. 507, 128 S.Ct. 2020, 170 L.Ed.2d 912 (2008), because no evidence was presented that he engaged in a financial transaction involving profits as opposed to gross revenue derived from his illegal drug activity. We agree with the district court that Santos did not decriminalize financial transactions conducted with funds derived from drug activity. Therefore,…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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- Tolliver v. DobreCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2000
- Cuellar v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2008
- Brace v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2011
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