Sufficiency of Evidence

By: Derek Hawkins//June 20, 2017//

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7^th Circuit Court of Appeals

Case Name: United States of America v. Herman Jackson et al

Case No.: 16-1995; 16-2113

Officials: BAUER, POSNER, and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges.

Focus: Sufficiency of Evidence

A jury convicted Herman Jackson of two counts of mail fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1341 and nine counts of wire fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1343, as well as two counts of making a false statement in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1001 for his role in the scheme. Jackson’s former

wife and codefendant, Janette Faria, was convicted of one count of mail fraud, six counts of wire fraud, and one count of making a false statement. Defendants-appellants timely appealed, raising several challenges, including to the sufficiency of the evidence. We affirm.

Affirmed

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