United States Ninth Circuit

Defendants' convictions for mail fraud and money laundering are affirmed where the government did not violate the First Amendment by introducing evidence that over 80% of donations to their charities went to telemarketers, and defendants' claims of non-constitutional error lacked merit. Further, a limited remand is ordered pursuant to US v. Ameline, 409 F.3d 1073, 1078-79 (9th Cir. 2005).

Appellate Information

• Argued 03/08/2006
• Decided 07/17/2006
• Published 07/17/2006

Judges

• McKEOWN, Circuit Judge., Before SIDNEY R. THOMAS and M. MARGARET McKEOWN, Circuit Judges, and SAMUEL P. KING, Senior Judge.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• John H. Weston, Weston, Garrou & DeWitt, Los Angeles, CA;  William J. Kopeny, William J. Kopeny & Associates, Irvine, CA, for the defendants-appellants., Ellyn Marcus Lindsay, Assistant United States Attorney, Los Angeles, CA, for the plaintiff-appellee.