Convicted 'psychic' loses bid for new trial in $17M fraud case
A last-ditch effort by imprisoned "psychic" Rose Marks to get her convictions and punishment for fortunetelling fraud thrown out on appeal appears to be doomed.
Marks, 65, formerly of Fort Lauderdale, is serving 10 years in federal prison and owes more than $17.5 million in restitution to her former clients, including best-selling romance novelist Jude Deveraux.
Marks' latest appeal focused on attacking her trial lawyer Fred Schwartz, of Boca Raton. She made several allegations of misconduct against him, including testifying that he talked her out of taking a plea offer that would have sent her to prison for half the amount of time she is serving.
Writing that her request was "wholly without merit," U.S Magistrate Judge William Matthewman recommended that Marks' appeal should be rejected.
Read more: http://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/broward/fl-rose-marks-psychic-ruling-20161219-story.html
[font color=330099]I wonder if she saw that coming?[/font] 
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