U.S. v. BEST

Docket Nos. 99-1646(L), 99-1688.

219 F.3d 192 (2000)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. James BEST, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: July 25, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven D. Clymer, Assistant United States Attorney, Syracuse, New York (Daniel J. French, United States Attorney for the Northern District of New York, Syracuse, New York, on the brief), for Appellee.

Brown, Pinnisi & Michaels, Ithaca, New York (Michael D. Pinnisi, Peter M. Stein, Ithaca, New York, of counsel), filed a brief for Defendant-Appellant.

Before: KEARSE, CARDAMONE, and WALKER, Circuit Judges.


KEARSE, Circuit Judge:

Defendant James Best appeals from a judgment of conviction entered in the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York following a jury trial before Thomas J. McAvoy, then-Chief Judge, convicting him of aiding and abetting a fraud against the United States, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1031 and 2, and sentencing him principally to three years' probation. On appeal...

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