United States Second Circuit

Conviction and sentence for corruptly obstructing a judicial proceeding, forging a judge's signature, and making a false statement to a federal officer in connection with his fabrication of a court order are affirmed as the evidence was sufficient to establish a nexus between defendant's conduct and the effect on the judicial proceeding.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/02/2007
• Published 03/02/2007

Judges

• SOTOMAYOR, Circuit Judge., Before KEARSE and SOTOMAYOR, Circuit Judges, and KOELTL, District Judge.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Amy Busa, Assistant United States Attorney (Roslynn R. Mauskopf, United States Attorney, Eastern District of New York, David C. James, Assistant United States Attorney, on the brief), Brooklyn, NY, for appellee., Mark M. Baker (Benjamin Brafman, Karen A. Newirth, on the brief), Brafman & Associates, P.C., New York, NY, for defendant-appellant.