U.S. v. BALTER

Nos. 94-5593, 94-5625 and 94-5626.

91 F.3d 427 (1996)

UNITED STATES of America v. Richard BALTER, Appellant No. 94-5593. UNITED STATES of America v. Kenneth CUTLER, Appellant No. 94-5625. UNITED STATES of America v. Chris Oscar DeJESUS, Appellant No. 94-5626.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided July 29, 1996.

As Amended August 16, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Faith S. Hochberg, United States Attorney, Kevin McNulty (argued), Chief, Appeals Division, Renee M. Bumb, Assistant United States Attorney, Newark, New Jersey, for Appellee.

Paul B. Brickfield, P.C. (argued), River Edge, New Jersey, Richard E. Mischel, Kenneth Cutler, New York City, Salvatore C. Adamo, Phillipsburg, New Jersey, for Appellant.

Before: MANSMANN, ALITO, and LEWIS, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

ALITO, Circuit Judge:

This case comes before us as a consolidated appeal from judgments of sentence imposed upon Richard Balter, Kenneth Cutler, and Chris Oscar DeJesus. After a joint trial, Balter, Cutler, and DeJesus were convicted for the murder-for-hire of Richard Cohen, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1958 and 2, and Balter and Cutler were also convicted on related counts of mail fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§...

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