UNITED STATES v. LAFFITTE

No. 23-4509, No. 23-4566.

121 F.4th 472 (2024)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Russell Lucius LAFFITTE, Defendant-Appellant. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Russell Lucius Laffitte, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: November 14, 2024.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: William Walter Wilkins, BILLY WILKINS LAW LLC, Greenville, South Carolina; John Cowles Neiman, Jr., MAYNARD NEXSEN PC, Birmingham, Alabama, for Appellant/Cross-Appellee. Kathleen Michelle Stoughton, Columbia, South Carolina, Emily Evans Limehouse, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Charleston, South Carolina, for Appellee/Cross-Appellant. ON BRIEF: Mark C. Moore, Michael A. Parente, MAYNARD NEXSEN PC, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellant/Cross-Appellee. Adair F. Boroughs, United States Attorney, Winston D. Holliday, Jr., Assistant United States Attorney, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellee/Cross-Appellant.

Vacated and remanded by published opinion. Judge Agee wrote the opinion, in which Judge Thacker and Judge Heytens joined.


Russell Lucius Laffitte appeals his convictions for bank and wire fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1343, 1344(2), in the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina. He also appeals the district court's denial of his motion for judgment as a matter of law and two motions for a new trial. The...

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