Opinion ID: 77683
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 5

Heading: Sufficiency—Count Four

Text: 63 Finally, Count Four alleged that Ward [o]n or about January 7, 2002 . . . cause[d] to be mailed a matter to be delivered by a private or commercial interstate carrier, Federal Express, CEC investment documents, to Larry Baldwin. Again, while it was unnecessary for the government to show that Ward actually caused the specific mailing because of his knowing involvement in the scheme to defraud, in fact the evidence supports the government's claim that Ward did cause this mailing. Ward's signed confession to FBI Agent Michael DeLeon on May 1, 2002, admitted his participation in this mailing: 64 In furtherance of the continuing efforts to raise capital for CEC, the attached airbill dated 7 January, 2002, was used to send a client/lender contract/agreement for the purpose of receipting [sic] funds to be used to pay other investors. At the time I sent this I knew investors' funds would not be utilized as promised. Signed, Artemus Ward. 65 Gov. Ex. 21 (emphasis added). Moreover, the Federal Express air bill shows that a package was sent from Ward to Baldwin on January 7, 2002. Both the admission and the Federal Express air bill were admitted at trial. Quite simply, the evidence was sufficient to sustain the jury's verdict on each substantive count.