U.S. v. BUTLER

Nos. 395, 516, Dockets 91-1191, 91-1239.

954 F.2d 114 (1992)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee Cross-Appellant, v. Walter J. BUTLER, Defendant-Appellant Cross-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided January 17, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John A. Cirando, Syracuse, N.Y. (Patrick J. Haber, Ivette C. Iza, on the brief) for defendant-appellant-cross-appellee.

Grant C. Jaquith, Asst. U.S. Atty., N.D.N.Y. (Frederick J. Scullin, Jr. U.S. Atty., of counsel) for appellee-cross-appellant.

Before PRATT, MAHONEY and McLAUGHLIN, Circuit Judges.


McLAUGHLIN, Circuit Judge:

A grand jury in the Northern District of New York indicted Walter J. Butler, a union official and trustee of several employee benefit funds, for various financial improprieties. Butler was convicted, after a jury trial, on four counts in the indictment: racketeering (18 U.S.C. § 1962(c) (RICO)); causing false representations to be made in ERISA documents (18 U.S.C. § 1027); embezzlement of union funds (29 U.S.C. § 501(c))...

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