U.S. v. BONANNO

No. 86-1352.

852 F.2d 434 (1988)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Joseph Charles BONANNO, Jr., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Submitted April 26, 1988.

Decided July 15, 1988.

As Amended August 8, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles R. Garry and Peter A. Leeming, San Francisco, Cal., for defendant-appellant.

Nancy Simpson, Asst. U.S. Atty., Sacramento, Cal., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before FERGUSON and LEAVY, Circuit Judges, and REDDEN, District Judge.


REDDEN, District Judge:

Joseph Charles Bonanno, Jr. appeals his conviction, following a jury trial, for mail fraud, wire fraud and conspiracy. Bonanno urges five grounds for reversal: (1) outrageous governmental conduct; (2) entrapment; (3) the district court's failure to instruct the jury on the good faith defense; (4) the district court's abuse of its discretion in limiting cross-examination of a governmental witness; and (5) insufficient evidence to support the...

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