U.S. v. NEWELL

Nos. 09-1590, 09-1614.

658 F.3d 1 (2011)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Robert L. NEWELL and James J. Parisi, Jr., Defendants, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided July 11, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary A. Davis , with whom Tisdale & Davis, P.A. was on brief, for appellant Newell.

George T. Dilworth , with whom David M. Kallin and Drummond Woodsum & MacMahon were on brief, for appellant Parisi, Jr.

Margaret D. McGaughey , Appellate Chief, with whom Paula D. Silsby , United States Attorney, was on brief, for appellee.

Before TORRUELLA, RIPPLE, and LIPEZ, Circuit Judges.


TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.

This case stems from extensive financial mismanagement at the Passamaquoddy Tribe Indian Township Reservation (the "Tribe") in Down East Maine. Defendants Robert Newell, the former governor of the Tribe, and James Parisi, Jr., the Tribe's former finance director, were convicted for conspiracy to defraud the United States under 18 U.S.C. § 371, as well as violations of 18 U.S.C. §§ 287, 666 and 669, involving the misuse of federal...

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