U.S. v. BLUMENTHAL

No. 90-10137.

945 F.2d 280 (1991)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Michael I. BLUMENTHAL, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided September 20, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Fabrikant, McKenna, Conner & Cuneo, Washington, D.C., for defendant-appellant.

Joel R. Levin, Asst. U.S. Atty., San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before GOODWIN and SNEED, Circuit Judges, and TAYLOR, District Judge.


TAYLOR, District Judge:

We are asked to hold that intent to deceive is a necessary element in the crime of making false statements to a federally insured institution (18 U.S.C. § 1014 (1988)). We hold the intent that must be shown is intent to influence, and intent to deceive is not an element of the offense. Therefore, we affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

Defendant Michael I. Blumenthal was convicted on seven counts of making false statements to a federally...

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