U.S. v. Jackson

Record contained sufficient evidence to support defendants’ convictions on mail and wire fraud charges, stemming from scheme in which defendants submitted false statements regarding identity and number of children receiving day-care services in effort to obtain greater subsidies from State agency. Record showed that defendants were aware of and actively participated in said scheme by using aliases to submit falsified certification forms that showed that defendants had over-billed State regarding children’s attendance at day-care sites. Also, Dist. Ct. did not err in conducting joint trial, even though defendant argued that co-defendant’s admission of certain conduct during trial had incriminated defendant. Defendant failed to show that she was prejudiced by said joint trial, since: (1) defendant's counsel could have taken measures to combat any inculpatory effect of co-defendant’s statement: and (2) co-defendant’s conduct, in calling govt. witnesses liars and introducing irrelevant facts, did not deprive defendant of fair trial.