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U.S. v. BAKKER

No. 89-5687.

925 F.2d 728 (1991)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James O. BAKKER, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided February 11, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Don Ervin, argued, Houston, Tex., Alan M. Dershowitz, argued, Cambridge, Mass., Brian William Wice, argued, Houston, Tex. (Harold Bender, Bender & Matus, Charlotte, N.C., Nathan Dershowitz, Cambridge, Mass., on brief), for defendant-appellant.

Deborah M. Smith, argued, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C. (Christopher L. Varner, Sara Criscitelli, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., Thomas J. Ashcraft, U.S. Atty., Jerry W. Miller, Asst. U.S. Atty., Charlotte, N.C., on brief), for plaintiff-appellee.

Before PHILLIPS and WILKINSON, Circuit Judges, and BUTZNER, Senior Circuit Judge.

WILKINSON, Circuit Judge:

This appeal stems from the trial and sentencing of a well-known televangelist, James O. Bakker. Bakker raises numerous challenges to his conviction for fraud and conspiracy. We affirm his conviction. Appellant also challenges his sentence on the grounds that the trial judge's personal religious beliefs tainted the sentencing and that the trial court erred by rejecting Bakker's attempt to classify his crimes as straddle crimes to be sentenced...

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