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U.S. v. STAPLETON

No. 00-50647.

293 F.3d 1111 (2002)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Stephen James STAPLETON, aka Bob Johnson, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed June 18, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William G. Morrissey, Santa Ana, California, for the defendant-appellant.

Ellyn Marcus Lindsay, Assistant United States Attorney, Major Frauds Section, Los Angeles, California, for the plaintiff-appellee.

Before: KLEINFELD and GRABER, Circuit Judges, and COLLINS, District Judge.

GRABER, Circuit Judge.

A jury convicted Defendant Stephen James Stapleton of several counts of mail fraud, 18 U.S.C. § 1341, and several counts of wire fraud, 18 U.S.C. § 1343. On appeal, he challenges an instruction that permitted the jury to find him vicariously liable for acts of other participants in the fraudulent scheme of which he was a part. We affirm.

I. THE FRAUDULENT SCHEME

Criminal charges against several people, including Defendant...

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