U.S. v. BLITZ

Nos. 97-50326, 97-50327, 97-50406, 97-50410, 97-50432 and 97-50559.

151 F.3d 1002 (1998)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Lori BLITZ, aka Jackie Cross, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jerry Pierre SAINTE MARIE, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Kristen Leon HALL, aka Leon Hall, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jacob GIFFIN, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Norman HEFFERAN, aka Bill Edwards; aka Norm Craig, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Harold LARSEN, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided August 6, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael S. Meza, Santa Ana, California, for defendant-appellant Blitz.

John W. Barton, Newport Beach, California, for defendant-appellant Hefferan.

Dwight B. Moore, Santa Ana, California, for defendant-appellant Ste. Marie.

James L. Waltz, Laguna Hills, California, for defendant-appellant Hall.

Emily S. Uhrig, Deputy Federal Public Defender, Los Angeles, California, for defendant-appellant Giffin.

Jerome Goldfein, Westminster, California, for defendant-appellant Larsen.

Ellyn Marcus Lindsay, Assistant United States Attorney, Los Angeles, California, for the plaintiff-appellee.

Before: FLETCHER, FERNANDEZ, and RYMER, Circuit Judges.


FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judge:

Lori Blitz, Norman Hefferan, Jerry Pierre Ste. Marie, Kristen Leon Hall, Jacob Giffin, and Harold Larsen1 appeal their convictions and sentences for mail and wire fraud arising from a telemarketing scheme (Nortay Consultants) which defrauded victims into paying retainer fees in exchange for false promises of recovery of the money they had previously lost to other telemarketers. Hall challenges the sufficiency...

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