U.S. v. SOMMER

No. 940, Docket 86-1462.

815 F.2d 15 (1987)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Arthur SOMMER, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided March 26, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Earl L. Scott, New York City (Janis P. Farrell, Scott and Farrell, New York City, of counsel), for defendant-appellant.

Gordon Mehler, Asst. U.S. Atty., Brooklyn, N.Y. (Andrew J. Maloney, U.S. Atty., E.D.N.Y., Emily Berger, Asst. U.S. Atty., Brooklyn, N.Y., of counsel), for appellee.

Before PIERCE and PRATT, Circuit Judges, and LASKER, Senior District Judge.


PIERCE, Circuit Judge:

Appellant, Arthur Sommer, and his wife Winona, who does not appeal, were convicted of two counts of mail fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1341 in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, Mishler, Judge, after a jury trial. The facts underlying these convictions are briefly summarized.

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In 1983, the Sommers formed an organization called the National List Protection Agency ("NLPA")...

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