SHAW v. U.S.

No. 15-5991.

137 S.Ct. 462 (2016)

Lawrence Eugene SHAW, Petitioner v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 12, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Koren L. Bell , Los Angeles, CA, for Petitioner.

Anthony A. Yang , Washington, DC, for Respondent.

Hilary L. Potashner , Federal Public Defender, Central District of California, Koren L. Bell , Deputy Federal Public Defender, James H. Locklin , Deputy Federal Public Defender, Office of the Federal Public Defender, Los Angeles, CA, for Petitioner.

Ian Heath Gershengorn , Acting Solicitor General, Leslie R. Caldwell , Assistant Attorney General, Michael R. Dreeben , Deputy Solicitor General, Anthony A. Yang , Assistant to the Solicitor General, Scott A.C. Meisler , Gwendolyn A. Stamper , Attorneys, Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.


A federal statute makes it a crime "knowingly [to] execut[e] a scheme ... to defraud a financial institution," 18 U.S.C. § 1344(1), for example, a federally insured bank, 18 U.S.C. § 20. The petitioner, Lawrence Shaw, was convicted of violating this provision. He argues here that the provision...

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