UNITED STATES v. SCHAFFNER

No. 84-5696.

771 F.2d 149 (1985)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Charles H. SCHAFFNER, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Submitted July 10, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert P. Gettys, Covington, Ky., for defendant-appellant.

Louis DeFalaise, U.S. Atty., James E. Arehart, Lexington, Ky., David J. Kline, Gen. Litigation and Legal Advice Section-Crim. Div., Washington, D.C., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before LIVELY, Chief Judge, CONTIE, Circuit Judge, and PECK, Senior Circuit Judge.


JOHN W. PECK, Senior Circuit Judge.

Appellant Charles Schaffner, a former Covington, Kentucky attorney, appeals from a jury conviction for obstruction of justice, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1503. On appeal, Schaffner raises two issues: (1) that the district court erred in not dismissing the 18 U.S.C. § 1503 charge as multiplicitous; and (2) that the district court abused its discretion by admitting evidence of another crime for which Schaffner had been...

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