UNITED STATES v. OTTO

No. 83-5779.

742 F.2d 104 (1984)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Herbert E. OTTO, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided August 27, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George E. Schumacher, Federal Public Defender, Thomas S. White, Asst. Federal Public Defender (argued), Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellant.

Joel M. Gershowitz (argued), U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., J. Alan Johnson, U.S. Atty., Stephen Goldring, Asst. U.S. Atty., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellee.

Before WEIS and BECKER, Circuit Judges, and ACKERMAN, District Judge.


OPINION OF THE COURT

WEIS, Circuit Judge.

In this appeal from mail fraud convictions, we reject the defendant's contention that the prosecution was required to account for a forty-one month pre-indictment delay. Although convictions of two counts will be affirmed, a third must be vacated because the cited mailing was not in furtherance of the scheme.

Defendant Herbert Otto was indicted on six counts of mail fraud. A jury acquitted him of three counts...

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