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U.S. v. LIS

No. 96-4757.

120 F.3d 28 (1997)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Barbara Benton LIS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided July 15, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: George Alan DuBois, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Raleigh, NC, for Appellant. Yvonne Victoria Watford-McKinney, Assistant United States Attorney, Raleigh, NC, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Janice McKenzie Cole, United States Attorney, Anne M. Hayes, Assistant United States Attorney, Raleigh, NC, for Appellee.

Before HALL and MURNAGHAN, Circuit Judges, and GARBIS, United States District Judge for the District of Maryland, sitting by designation.

Vacated and remanded by published opinion. Judge HALL wrote the opinion, in which Judge MURNAGHAN and Judge GARBIS joined.

OPINION

K.K. HALL, Circuit Judge:

Barbara Benton Lis appeals her conviction by a jury of embezzling government funds, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 641. Benton contends that the district court abused its discretion by excluding, as hearsay, evidence corroborating her explanation of how she came to possess approximately $50...

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