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Try CasePortal for Free[Consolidated] J. Erickson finds a lower court properly dismissed two defendants' motion to appeal their convictions for conspiracy to commit wire fraud. The first defendant argued that the lower court improperly admitted a redacted plea agreement in court that he had signed, and the second defendant asserted that the lower court failed to consider his religious beliefs, in violation his First Amendment rights. However, both defendants, who pretended to be "Godly and religious," took advantage of unknowing victims who relied on their promise to use their money to invest in a bogus wind generator plan called "Dragonfly," which resulted in a 97 month prison term for the first defendant, and a 180 and 120 month prison terms imposed against the second defendant, to run concurrently. Affirmed.