U.S. v. TENCER

No. 95-31135.

107 F.3d 1120 (1997)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant, v. Steven B. TENCER and Ronald Lazar, Defendants-Appellants-Cross-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 10, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen A. Higginson, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Richard William Westling, Assistant U.S. Attorney, New Orleans, LA, for U.S.

Nathan Z. Dershowitz, Amy M. Adelson, Dershowitz & Eiger, New York City, for Tencer.

Ronald Lazar, Pensacola, FL, pro se.

Before WISDOM, DAVIS and DUHÉ, Circuit Judges.


W. EUGENE DAVIS, Circuit Judge:

Steven Tencer and Ronald Lazar challenge their convictions on multiple counts related to their scheme to submit fraudulent claims to insurance companies and obtain proceeds for unperformed chiropractic services. The government cross-appeals a number of the district court's rulings. For reasons that follow, we affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand this case to the district court for sentencing.

I.

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