U.S. v. YOUNG

Nos. 90-1581, 90-1619.

955 F.2d 99 (1992)

UNITED STATES, Appellee, v. Howard W. YOUNG, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided January 28, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Janis M. Berry (by appointment of the court), with whom Ivan B. Knauer and Ropes & Gray, Boston, Mass., were on brief for defendant, appellant.

Cerise Lim-Epstein, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Wayne A. Budd, U.S. Atty., Boston, Mass., was on brief for appellee.

Before BREYER, Chief Judge, COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge, and CYR, Circuit Judge.


BREYER, Chief Judge.

Howard Young, a lawyer, administered Veterans' Administration funds as a guardian for a disabled World War II veteran. See 38 U.S.C. § 5502. A jury, finding that Young wrongly used the veteran's money for his own purposes, convicted him of embezzlement and mail fraud. 38 U.S.C. § 3501; 18 U.S.C. § 1341. The district court imposed a twelve month prison sentence. Young appeals his convictions and the sentence. We affirm both...

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