UNITED STATES v. WENCKE

No. 78-2346.

604 F.2d 607 (1979)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Walter C. WENCKE, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

August 31, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas M. Coffin, Asst. U. S. Atty. (on the brief), Thomas M. Coffin, Asst. U. S. Atty. (argued), San Diego, Cal., for plaintiff-appellee.

John A. Mitchell, San Diego, Cal., on brief, for defendant-appellant.

Before ELY and WALLACE, Circuit Judges, and PREGERSON, District Judge.


PER CURIAM:

Wencke appeals his conviction for mail fraud (18 U.S.C. § 1341) and making false statements in reports to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and shareholders (15 U.S.C. §§ 78m, 78n, and 78ff). He contends that prosecutorial misconduct (primarily involving Lipman, a United States Attorney who participated in related civil and criminal proceedings) denied him a fair trial. We affirm.

The convictions stem from a complex scheme...

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