United States Ninth Circuit

The conviction of a Utah lawyer who helped run a pyramid scheme that defrauded victims of more than two million dollars is affirmed where, although the government's use of a judge's statements from separate proceedings was highly improper, unfairly prejudiced defendant, and introduced impermissible hearsay into his criminal trial, nevertheless defendant failed to object to such use and reversal was unwarranted under plain error review.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/01/2007
• Published 05/01/2007

Judges

• Before BETTY B. FLETCHER and MARSHA S. BERZON, Circuit Judges, and DAVID G. TRAGER, District Judge.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Russell A. Cline, Crippen & Cline, Salt Lake City, UT, for the defendant-appellant., John K. Vincent, Assistant United States Attorney, Sacramento, CA, for the plaintiff-appellee.