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In the comments, there are calls for the follow up to what I called the most boring post ever. Here is one of the comments:

How about something less prurient and more generally worth noting: the 11th Circuit in an en banc opinion overruled its prior decision in United States v. Brown, 79 F.3d 1550 (11th Cir. 1996), finding that the district court did not err in using the pattern jury instruction for mail fraud, that is, not limiting the mail fraud statute to schemes that would deceive only prudent persons. No matter what your particular persuasion -- prosecutor, defense lawyer, judge, or even criminal -- this is an important decision in white-collar cases. http://www.ca11.uscourts.gov/opinions/ops/200513809op2.pdf

Well, there you have it.

Full post as published by Southern District of Florida on February 03, 2009 (boomark / email).