Eleventh Circuit· 7/10/2006

United States v. David E. Martinelli

Citations

454 F.3d 1300
2006 U.S. App. LEXIS 17107
2006 WL 1881882

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holding that the absence of a good-faith instruction did not seriously impair the defense, since “the evidence of fraud . . . was overwhelming and the evidence of good faith was slight.”
observing that \ifihe courts have traditionally viewed information drawn from an ordinary witness or crime victim with considerably less skepticism than information derived from anonymous sources\
observing that \[t]he courts have traditionally viewed information drawn from an ordinary witness or crime victim with considerably less skepticism than information derived from anonymous sources\
contrasting the puffery of “exaggerated opinions or hyped-up sales pitches” with “verifiably refutable” “factual statements”
upholding instructions where jury had to infer that mail fraud was not legitimate business
permitting government seizure of “all of the business records of an enterprise engaged in a ‘pervasive scheme to defraud’” (quoting United States v. Sawyer, 799 F.2d 1494, 1508 (11th Cir. 1986))

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Judges: Dubina, Marcus, Cox

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