Court Opinion

ID: 9483821
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-05 09:32:20.290043+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:49:51.275330
License: Public Domain

FAGG, Circuit Judge,
dissenting.
I dissent. In my view, the district court correctly submitted the mail fraud charges against Goodman and Bedford to the jury. Although the court’s opinion makes clear that judges would not be fooled by the likes of Goodman and Bedford, I believe the court’s assessment of the record misses the mark in the real world where schemers *241like Goodman and Bedford prey on ordinary people they deem ripe for plucking. I would hold the evidence presented at trial, coupled with reasonable inferences that may be drawn from it, supports the jury’s verdicts.