United States v. John Winer

Opinion

United States Court of Appeals For the Eighth Circuit

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No. 22-1869

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United States of America

Plaintiff - Appellee

v.

John Rick Winer

Defendant - Appellant

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Appeal from United States District Court for the District of South Dakota - Southern

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Submitted: February 6, 2023 Filed: February 9, 2023

[Unpublished]

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Before SHEPHERD, ERICKSON, and STRAS, Circuit Judges.

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PER CURIAM.

John Rick Winer scammed investors out of millions of dollars. He asks us to reverse his wire-fraud, money-laundering, and conspiracy convictions, 18 U.S.C. §§ 1343, 1349, 1512(c)(2), (k), 1956(a)(1)(B)(i), (h), but his arguments are conclusory and discuss no legal authority. See Cox v. Mortg. Elec. Registration Sys., Inc., 685 F.3d 663, 674 (8th Cir. 2012) (declining to consider an argument when the

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party “fail[ed] to provide a meaningful explanation . . . and citation to relevant authority”); see also United States v. Hansen, 791 F.3d 863, 867 (8th Cir. 2015) (explaining that an intent to defraud “can be shown by circumstantial evidence” (quotation marks omitted)). We accordingly affirm the judgment of the district court.1

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1 The Honorable Karen E. Schreier, United States District Judge for the District of South Dakota.