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U.S. v. EPSTEIN

Nos. 02-2436, 03-1133.

426 F.3d 431 (2005)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. S. Joel EPSTEIN, Defendant, Appellant. United States of America, Appellee, v. John F. Handel, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided October 18, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Syrie D. Fried, Assistant Federal Public Defender, for appellant Handel.

John J. Barter, for appellant Epstein.

Kirby A. Heller, Attorney, Department of Justice, with whom Michael J. Sullivan, United States Attorney, and Carmen M. Ortiz, Assistant United States Attorney, were on brief, for appellee.

Before BOUDIN, Chief Judge, TORRUELLA and SELYA, Circuit Judges.

TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.

Defendants-appellants S. Joel Epstein and John Handel were convicted after a jury trial in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts for offenses related to a scheme to defraud the owners of timeshare units. They now appeal, challenging both their convictions and their sentences. We affirm.

I. Background

The scheme that led to the appellants' convictions involved companies located...

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