United States First Circuit

Conviction for conspiracy to commit wire fraud is affirmed where: 1) plaintiff's claim for ineffective assistance of counsel cannot be sustained on direct appeal and instead must be remitted to a petition for collateral relief; 2) district court did not abuse its discretion by preliminarily ruling that character evidence to show defendant's intent, knowledge, and absence of mistake would be admissible; and 3) district court did not err in denying defendant's motion for acquittal as there was sufficient evidence to support the jury's finding of intent.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/26/2009
• Published 03/26/2009

Judges

• HOWARD, Circuit Judge., Before BOUDIN, JOHN R. GIBSON, and HOWARD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Susan E. Taylor, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Donald Feith, Assistant United States Attorney with whom Thomas P. Colantuono, United States Attorney, was on brief, for appellee.