U.S. v. TERNUS

No. 08-15687 Non-Argument Calendar.

598 F.3d 1251 (2010)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Bernard Jean TERNUS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

March 10, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael H. Blacker (Court-Appointed), Miami, FL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Sally M. Richardson, Anne R. Schultz, Stephen Schlessinger, Miami, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Before BIRCH, CARNES and KRAVITCH, Circuit Judges.


CARNES, Circuit Judge:

Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, "Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not."1 Someone took that advice too literally, carrying away four old masters' paintings from the Musee des Beaux-Arts in Nice, France. Bernard Jean Ternus brokered a deal to sell the four stolen paintings to what he thought was an art dealer in the United States. He appeals his conviction...

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