USA v. Melissa Collins Gulledge

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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT
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No. 12-13806
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D.C. Docket No. 1:11-cr-00018-WS-N-4
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff – Appellee,
versus
MELISSA COLLINS GULLEDGE,
Defendant – Appellant.
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Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Southern District of Alabama
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(January 22, 2014)
Before HILL and COX, Circuit Judges, and MIDDLEBROOKS,∗ District Judge.
PER CURIAM:
∗ Honorable Donald M. Middlebrooks, United States District Judge for the Southern District of
Florida, sitting by designation.
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Appellant Melissa Gulledge and her brother were charged in a twenty-eight
count superseding indictment in 2011, involving an equity-skimming mortgage
fraud scheme during the real estate boom along Alabama=s Gulf Coast. In 2007,
the real estate boom went bust and the scheme unraveled. Gulledge was charged
with fifteen counts: one count of conspiracy under 18 U.S.C. ' 1349; two counts
of wire fraud under 18 U.S.C. '' 1343 and 2; four counts of false loan applications
under 18 U.S.C. '' 1014 and 2; and, eight counts of mail fraud under 18 U.S.C. ''
1341 and 2.
After a five-day jury trial in December 2011, Gulledge was convicted of all
fifteen counts. The district court denied her motions for judgment of acquittal. In
this appeal, Gulledge claims there was insufficient evidence presented at trial to
support the jury=s guilty verdicts on all counts.
Having reviewed the record and considered oral argument of the parties,
we affirm the district court in all respects related to this appeal in denying
Gulledge=s motions for judgment of acquittal.
Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the United States, there
is substantial evidence of Gulledge=s guilt, established through testimonial,
stipulated, and documentary evidence.
The jury verdicts stand as rendered.
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The judgment of the district court is
AFFIRMED.
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