U.S. v. LACHMAN

No. 94-2005.

48 F.3d 586 (1995)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. Walter L. LACHMAN, Maurice H. Subilia, Jr., Fiber Materials, Inc., Materials International, Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided February 24, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James D. Herbert, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Donald K. Stern, U.S. Atty., and Despena Fillios Billings, Asst. U.S. Atty., Boston, MA, were on brief, for U.S.

Nicholas C. Theodorou with whom Anthony Mirenda, Michael Boudett, Foley, Hoag & Eliot, Bruce A. Singal and Ferriter, Scobbo, Sikora, Singal, Caruso & Rodophele, Boston, MA, were on joint brief, for appellees.

Before SELYA, BOUDIN and STAHL, Circuit Judges.


BOUDIN, Circuit Judge.

This is an interlocutory appeal by the government under 18 U.S.C. § 3731 contesting an evidentiary ruling made prior to trial in a criminal case. In the challenged ruling, the district court excluded from the government's case-in-chief 13 exhibits that the government deems of great importance. Finding that the district court did not abuse the discretion it possesses under Fed.R.Evid. 403, we affirm.

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