UNITED STATES of America, Appellant in No. 06-3195
v.
Cyril H. WECHT, Appellant in No. 06-3098
WPXI, Inc., Intervenor Appellant in Nos. 06-3099 and 06-3202
PG Publishing Co. d/b/a The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Intervenor Appellant in Nos. 06-3212 and 06-3213
Tribune-Review Publishing Co., and Hearst-Argyle Stations, Inc. d/b/a WTAE-TV, Intervenors.
In re: Dr. Cyril H. Wecht.
United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued September 12, 2006.
Filed: April 12, 2007.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Jerry S. McDevitt (Argued), Richard L. Thornburgh, Mark A. Rush, Amy L. Barrette, J. Nicholas Ranjan, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham LLP, Pittsburgh, for Cyril H. Wecht.
Douglas Letter (Argued), Appellate Litigation Counsel, Civil Division, Richard A. Friedman (Argued), Appellate Section, Criminal Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, Mary Beth Buchanan, United States Attorney, Peter Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, Robert L. Eberhardt, Assistant United States Attorney, Rebecca Ross Haywood (Argued), Assistant United States Attorney, Stephen S. Stallings (Argued), Office of United States Attorney, Pittsburgh, PA, for United States of America.
Walter P. DeForest (Argued), David J. Berardinelli, George Bobb, DeForest Koscelnik Yokitis & Kaplan, Pittsburgh, PA, for Intervenors WPXI, Inc.
David J. Bird (Argued), W. Thomas McGough, Joseph F. Rodkey, Jr., Reed Smith LLP, Pittsburgh, PA, for Intervenors PG Publishing Co. D/B/A the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
David A. Strassburger (Argued), Strassburger, McKenna, Gutnick & Potter, P.C., Pittsburgh, PA, for Intervenor Tribune-Review Publishing Co. and Hearst-Argyle Stations, Inc. D/B/A WTAE-TV.
Before: FUENTES, FISHER, and BRIGHT, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.
OPINION OF THE COURT
FUENTES, Circuit Judge.
Dr. Cyril Wecht, an acclaimed forensic pathologist, was indicted on January 20, 2006, for the crimes of theft of honest services, mail fraud, wire fraud, and theft from an organization receiving federal funds. The 84-count indictment asserts that he unlawfully used his public office as the coroner of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, for private financial gain. The government...
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