U.S. v. GARLAND

No. 92-3566.

991 F.2d 328 (1993)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. William Howard GARLAND, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided April 19, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randall E. Yontz (argued and briefed), Office of the U.S. Atty., Columbus, OH, for plaintiff-appellee.

Samuel B. Weiner, Max Kravitz, Columbus, OH, Ramsey Clark (argued and briefed), New York City, for defendant-appellant.

Before: MERRITT, Chief Judge; and GUY and NELSON, Circuit Judges.


MERRITT, Chief Judge.

Defendant, William Howard Garland, appeals his conviction on one count of interstate fraud arising from what he claims was a failed attempt to purchase 5000 metric tons of cocoa beans from Ghana, West Africa.1 He borrowed $75,000. Garland was indicted and tried on the theory that he had fabricated the cocoa deal and had defrauded the lender by representing that he needed the $75,000 to complete the cocoa shipment...

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