U.S. v. MERKLINGER

No. 93-5362.

16 F.3d 670 (1994)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Alex G. MERKLINGER, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided February 3, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dan Newsom, Asst. U.S. Atty. (briefed), Jennifer L. Webber (argued), Office of the U.S. Atty., Memphis, TN, and Daniel A. Clancy, Asst. U.S. Atty., Office of the U.S. Atty., Jackson, TN, for plaintiff-appellee.

Patrick F. Martin (briefed) and Rayna Hardee Bomar (argued), Hardee & Martin, Jackson, TN, for defendant-appellant.

Before: JONES, Circuit Judge; BROWN, Senior Circuit Judge; and WEBER, District Judge.


NATHANIEL R. JONES, Circuit Judge.

Defendant-Appellant Alex G. Merklinger appeals his conviction on seven counts of various acts of fraud and false statements. We find that the trial court erred in construing the statute that was at issue in one count, and that the evidence was insufficient to support a conviction on several other counts. However, we affirm the jury verdict on the remaining counts. This disposition does not affect Merklinger's sentence, and so we...

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