United States Second Circuit

Convictions for obstruction of justice, obstruction of an agency proceeding, and witness tampering are vacated, and case is remanded for retrial before another judge, because of erroneous jury instructions.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/20/2006
• Published 03/20/2006

Judges

• WESLEY, Circuit Judge., Before:  WESLEY and HALL, Circuit Judges, and SCULLIN, Chief District Judge.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Mark F. Pomerantz (John H. Longwell, Christopher Hyde Giampapa, Tina Samanta, Joshua Hill, and Barbara Llanes, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, LLP;  Andrew L. Frey, Andrew H. Schapiro, and Lauren R. Goldman, Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP, New York, New York, on the brief), Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, New York, NY, for Defendant-Appellant., David B. Anders, Assistant United States Attorney, Southern District of New York (David N. Kelly, United States Attorney, on the brief, Jessica A. Mordas and Harry Sandick, Assistant United States Attorneys, of counsel) New York, NY, for Appellee.