U.S. v. ATKIN

No. 95-4040.

107 F.3d 1213 (1997)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Sanford I. ATKIN, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided March 4, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Craig S. Morford (briefed), Cleveland, OH, Michael A. Attanasio (argued and briefed), U.S. Dept. of Justice, Criminal Div., Public Integrity Section, Washington, DC, for plaintiff-appellee.

Gordon S. Friedman (argued and briefed), Friedman & Gilbert, Cleveland, OH, for defendant-appellant.

Before: RYAN and BATCHELDER, Circuit Judges; MILES, District Judge


MILES, District Judge.

Defendant Sanford I. Atkin, an attorney, appeals his conviction and sentence on multiple charges arising out of his acceptance of $550,000 from Reuben Sturman, a defendant in a federal tax prosecution. In the indictment, the government alleged, among other things, that Atkin had obtained the money from Sturman by falsely representing that he, Atkin, would bribe the United States District Judge presiding over Sturman's criminal case. Atkin never...

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