Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Marvel EBANKS, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2013-05-29
Citations: 520 F. App'x 815
Docket Number: No. 12-11918
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Marvel EBANKS, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before BARKETT and MARCUS, Circuit Judges, and CONWAY, District Judge.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 520
Pages: 815–815

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Marvel EBANKS, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 12-11918.
United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.
May 29, 2013.
Phillip Drew Dirosa, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Fort Lauderdale, FL, Wifredo A. Ferrer, Lisa A. Hirsch, Kathleen Mary Salyer, Anne Ruth Schultz, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Miami, FL, Emalyn Webber, U.S. Attorney’s Office, West Palm Beach, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Peter Vincent Birch, Federal Public Defender’s Office, West Palm Beach, FL, Timothy Cone, Federal Public Defender’s Office, Fort Lauderdale, FL, Michael Caruso, Federal Public Defender, Federal Public Defender’s Office, Miami, FL, for Defendant-Appellant.
Before BARKETT and MARCUS, Circuit Judges, and CONWAY, District Judge.
Honorable Anne C. Conway, Chief Judge, United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida, sitting by designation.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Marvel Ebanks appeals her convictions for aiding and assisting in the filing of fraudulent income tax returns in violation of 26 U.S.C. § 7206(2). Ebanks argues that by granting the government's motion to include a jury instruction on aiding and abetting, the district court constructively amended the indictment by broadening the possible grounds for conviction.
Having the benefit of oral argument and having reviewed the record and the entirety of the jury instructions, we find that the aiding and abetting instruction did not "so modify the elements of the offense charged that [Ebanks] may have been convicted on a ground not alleged by the grand jury's indictment." United States v. Williams, 527 F.3d 1285, 1246 (11th Cir.2008) (internal quotation marks omitted). The district court gave the correct instruction detailing the elements of the offense charged and the evidence supported the jury's determination that the government established each of these elements beyond a reasonable doubt. AFFIRMED.
. We reject the government's contention that because she only raised a general objection to this instruction, we should review Ebanks's argument for plain error. Ebanks explained that the instruction confuses the jury which raised the core concern of the constructive amendment doctrine, which is that the jury will convict the defendant on grounds not alleged in the indictment. Moreover, the back-and-forth between the district court and the government covered the arguments that are pertinent to an analysis of the constructive amendment doctrine. Thus, we find that Ebanks properly preserved a constructive amendment objection, which the district court had the opportunity to properly address.