UNITED STATES v. SUTTON

Nos. 85-5277, 85-5600.

801 F.2d 1346 (1986)

UNITED STATES of America v. Robert B. SUTTON, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America v. Mark A. SUCHER, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided August 29, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mitchell B. Lansden, appointed by this Court, for appellant in No. 85-5277.

W. Gary Kohlman for appellant in No. 85-5600.

Michael W. Farrell, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Joseph E. diGenova, U.S. Atty. and E. Lawrence Barcella, Jr., Asst. U.S. Atty., were on brief, for appellee in No. 85-5277 and 85-5600.

Before STARR, Circuit Judge, WRIGHT and MacKINNON, Senior Circuit Judges.


Opinion for the Court filed by Senior Circuit Judge MacKINNON.

MacKINNON, Senior Circuit Judge:

Appellants Robert Sutton, who resold crude oil, and Mark Sucher, an employee of the Department of Energy ("DOE"), were convicted of various criminal offenses1 for their roles in a complicated conspiracy to bribe federal officials in order to obstruct a DOE investigation of Sutton's companies for noncompliance with price regulations,...

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