U.S. v. SWEENEY

Nos. 09-1759, 09-1823.

611 F.3d 459 (2010)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Michelle Ann SWEENEY, Appellant. United States of America, Appellee, v. Jon Henry Sweeney, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: July 13, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Charles Brink, I, argued, Charles L. Hawkins, Minneapolis, MN, for appellant.

Michelle E. Jones, AUSA, argued, Minneapolis, MN, for appellee.

Before LOKEN, Chief Judge, GRUENDER and BENTON, Circuit Judges.


GRUENDER, Circuit Judge.

Jon and Michelle Sweeney owned and operated Micro-Star Technology, a company that manufactured and sold cable television equipment. A federal grand jury charged the Sweeneys with manufacturing and distributing cable descramblers intended for unauthorized interception of cable signals and conspiracy to do so, see 47 U.S.C. § 553; 18 U.S.C. § 371, and currency structuring, see 31 U.S.C. § 5324. The grand jury also...

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