United States First Circuit

Defendant's convictions for wire fraud, providing false information to obtain federal financial aid, making false statements in an application for a U.S. passport, and aggravated identity theft, arising out of his misappropriation of another man's identity, are affirmed, where the district court did not abuse its discretion in: 1) excluding defendant's proposed expert witness in Soviet adoption practices and cultural differences between the former Soviet Union and the United States; and 2) admitting evidence pertaining to defendant's 1996 larceny conviction.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/26/2013
• Published 07/26/2013

Judges

• LIPEZ

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel