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U.S. v. Beckner, No. 97-30285 (5th Cir.) (134 F.3d 714) (February 2, 1998) (Judge Patrick E. Higginbotham)

Court reversed a third conviction of wire fraud, finding that the Government had failed to prove that the defendant/attorney had any actual knowledge of the fraud of his client or that he had taken any active role in his client's wrongdoing.

 

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