U.S. v. GRAFFIA

Nos. 96-3725, 96-3765.

120 F.3d 706 (1997)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Paul W. GRAFFIA and Lion Bernard, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 22, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Danile S. Reinberg (argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Barry Rand Elden, Chief of Appeals, Office of the United States Attorney, Criminal Appellate Division, Chicago, ILL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Michael D. Robbins, Gregory J. Schlesinger (argued), Chicago, IL, for Paul W. Graffia, Defendant-Appellant.

Gregory J. Schlesinger (argued), Schlesinger & Krasny, Chicago, IL, for Lion Bernard, Defendant-Appellant.

Before CUMMINGS, FLAUM and EVANS, Circuit Judges.


CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.

On June 30, 1994, the grand jury returned a 16-count superseding indictment against defendants Paul W. Graffia, who lived in Illinois, and Lion Bernard, who lived in California, and two co-defendants, Roberto L. Ferrera and Jon Binette, relating to certain fraudulent schemes undertaken by the defendants in the Northern District of Illinois and elsewhere. Graffia was charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud (Count One), four counts of wire...

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