983 So. 2d 954 - State v. Forbs’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. “A. Whoever knowingly executes, or attempts to execute, a scheme or artifice to do any of the following shall be imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not more than ten years, or may be fined not more than one hundred thousand dollars, or both: (1) To defraud a financial institution. (2) To obtain any of the monies, funds, credits, assets, | ^securities, or other property owned by or under the custody or control of a financial institution by means of false or fraudulent pretenses, practices, transactions, representations, or promises.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 77 So. 3d 477 - State v. Cunningham

2. “by the existence of a scheme which was 'reasonably calculated to deceive persons of ordinary prudence and comprehension,' and this intention is shown by examining the scheme itself.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 240 So. 3d 954 - State v. Cousin