Court Opinion

ID: 9495597
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-05 16:06:38.52737+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:57:06.532709
License: Public Domain

*962BEAM, Circuit Judge,
concurring.
I concur in the result reached by the court because I fully agree with its conclusions concerning harmless error. I am inclined, however, to believe that Instruction 5 permitted the jury to find mail fraud through a representation that “is untrue when made,” nothing more. After Neder v. United States, 527 U.S. 1, 119 S.Ct. 1827, 144 L.Ed.2d 35 (1999), this is a misstatement of the law. Accordingly, I do not agree that the jury was adequately informed on this issue. This was, however, harmless error.