U.S. v. DOWNING

Docket Nos. 01-1437, 01-1485.

297 F.3d 52 (2002)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. James R. DOWNING, Defendant, Samuel Ward, Daniel Drucker, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: July 1, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Diarmuid White, White & White (Brendan White, of counsel), New York, NY, for Defendant-Appellant Daniel Drucker.

Howard L. Jacobs, New York, NY, for Defendant-Appellant Samuel Ward.

Christopher J. Clark, Assistant United States Attorney (Christine H. Chung, Assistant United States Attorney, of counsel; James B. Comey, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York), New York, NY, for Appellee United States of America.

Before: MINER and SACK, Circuit Judges, and BERMAN, District Judge.


SACK, Circuit Judge.

Samuel Ward, a certified public accountant and principal of the accounting firm S.M. Ward Co., and Daniel Drucker, a former employee of Ward's firm, appeal their convictions and respective sentences imposed by the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Kevin Thomas Duffy, Judge) after a jury found them guilty of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and securities fraud. Ward and Drucker appeal on many grounds, all...

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