Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Melissa Collins GULLEDGE, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2014-01-22
Citations: 551 F. App'x 562
Docket Number: No. 12-13806
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Melissa Collins GULLEDGE, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before HILL and COX, Circuit Judges, and MIDDLEBROOKS, District Judge.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 551
Pages: 562–563

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Melissa Collins GULLEDGE, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 12-13806.
United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.
Jan. 22, 2014.
Steven E. Butler, Donna Barrow Dobbins, Kenyen Ray Brown, Deborah A. Grif fin, Deidre L. Colson, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Mobile, AL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Carlos Alfredo Williams, Elsie Mae Miller, Federal Defender’s Office, Mobile, AL, for Defendant-Appellant.
Before HILL and COX, Circuit Judges, and MIDDLEBROOKS, District Judge.
Honorable Donald M. Middlebrooks, United States District Judge for the Southern District of Florida, sitting by designation.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Appellant Melissa Gulledge and her brother were charged in a twenty-eight count superseding indictment in 2011, involving an equity-skimming mortgage fraud scheme during the real estate boom along Alabama's Gulf Coast. In 2007, the real estate boom went bust and the scheme unraveled. Gulledge was charged with fifteen counts: one count of conspiracy under 18 U.S.C. § 1349; two counts of wire fraud under 18 U.S.C. § 1343 and 2; four counts of false loan applications under 18 U.S.C. § 1014 and 2; and, eight counts of mail fraud under 18 U.S.C. § 1341 and 2.
After a five-day jury trial in December 2011, Gulledge was convicted of all fifteen counts. The district court denied her motions for judgment of acquittal. In this appeal, Gulledge claims there was insufficient evidence presented at trial to support the jury's guilty verdicts on all counts.
Having reviewed the record and considered oral argument of the parties, we affirm the district court in all respects related to this appeal in denying Gulledge's motions for judgment of acquittal.
Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the United States, there is substantial evidence of Gulledge's guilt, established through testimonial, stipulated, and documentary evidence.
The jury verdicts stand as rendered.
The judgment of the district court is
AFFIRMED.