United States v. Stanley, No. 12-11126 (11th Cir. 2014)
Annotate this CaseDefendants Harris and Stanley appealed their securities fraud convictions and sentences stemming from their role in a "pump and dump" scheme. The court concluded that Harris waived his right to counsel knowingly, intelligently, and voluntarily; the district court did not err by refusing to allow counsel to represent an absconded Harris; the district court, which issued a curative instruction to mitigate any perceived prejudice, did not abuse its discretion in refusing to grant severance and mistrial; because the district court at no point pressured Harris into foregoing his right to silence, it did not err by considering remorseless statements freely volunteered by Harris at the sentencing hearing; and the district court did not clearly err in finding that Stanley played more than a minor role in this massive fraud, and it did not abuse its considerable discretion because Stanley's sentence was substantively reasonable. Accordingly, the court affirmed both defendants' convictions and sentences.
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