U.S. v. MENDELSOHN

Nos. 88-5073, 88-5076.

896 F.2d 1183 (1990)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Martin MENDELSOHN, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Robert BENTSEN, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided February 20, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carlton F. Gunn, Deputy Federal Public Defender, Los Angeles, Cal. and Mary Elizabeth Kelly, Bel Air, Cal., for the defendants-appellants.

Harriet M. Rolnick, Asst. U.S. Atty., Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before HUG, and CANBY, Circuit Judges, and EZRA, District Judge.


CANBY, Circuit Judge:

Martin Mendelsohn and Robert Bentsen appeal convictions for conspiring to transport and aiding and abetting the interstate transportation of wagering paraphernalia, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 371, 1953. The item they transported was a computer disk containing a program to aid in bookmaking. Both defendants were sentenced to three years probation. We affirm the judgments.

BACKGROUND

Mendelsohn and Bentsen mailed a...

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