United States Ninth Circuit

Conviction for conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, mail and wire fraud and making a false statement is affirmed where the government did not conceal information since it provided defendant with the information necessary to review testimony from a previous trial to determine whether a witness' testimony would be helpful to the defendant's case.

Appellate Information

• Argued 06/05/2008
• Decided 01/20/2009
• Published 01/20/2009

Judges

• O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge:, Before:  DAVID R. THOMPSON, DIARMUID F. O'SCANNLAIN, and RICHARD C. TALLMAN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Roger S. Hanson, Santa Anna, CA, argued the cause for the defendant-appellant and submitted briefs., Patrick Jasperse, Office of Consumer Litigation, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, argued the cause for the plaintiff-respondent and submitted a brief.  Kenneth L. Jost, Office of Consumer Litigation, U.S. Dept. of Justice and Thomas P. O'Brien, United States Attorney for the Central District of California were on the brief.