United States Eleventh Circuit
US v. Arias, 03-12185, 03-14589, 04-14839
Defendants' convictions and sentences for conspiracy and other crimes relating to a scheme to defraud the Medicare program are affirmed over their claims of error as to all but one defendant whose conviction and sentence is vacated pursuant to an erroneous failure to instruct the jury on a withdrawal defense.
Appellate Information
- Decided 12/12/2005
- Published 12/13/2005
Judges
- BARKETT, Circuit Judge:, Before TJOFLAT and BARKETT, Circuit Judges, and MILLS, District Judge.
Court
- United States Eleventh Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Lisa A. Hirsch, J. Kirk Ogrosky, Anne R. Schultz, Asst. U.S. Atty., Dawn Bowen, Eduardo I. Sanchez, Miami, FL, for U.S.
- For Appellees:
- G. Richard Strafer, G. Richard Strafer, P.A., Ruben Oliva, Rojas & Oliva, Kenneth M. Swartz (Court-Appointed), Law Office of Kenneth M. Swartz, P.A., Ira N. Loewy, Edward R. Shohat, Donald I. Bierman, Bierman, Shohat, Loewy, Klein & Perry, P.A., David Michael Tarlow (Court-Appointed), Adorno & Yoss, Sheryl Joyce Lowenthal (Court-Appointed), Grover M. Moscowitz, Miami, FL, for Defendants-Appellants.