U.S. v. PALIVOS

Nos. 05-4258, 05-4329.

486 F.3d 250 (2007)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Peter PALIVOS and Louis Marin, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 10, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marsha A. McClellan (argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Francis C. Lipuma, Raymond J. Smith (argued), Chicago, IL, Roderick F. Mollison, Azulay, Horn & Seiden, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before FLAUM, KANNE, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.


EVANS, Circuit Judge.

Peter Palivos, an attorney, and Louis Marin, a loan broker, were indicted, along with a number of other defendants, for their involvement in a shady 1996 real estate deal. Both were convicted—Marin of assisting in the preparation and presentation of a false tax return and Palivos of conspiracy to obstruct justice—though he was acquitted of obstruction of justice. They appeal their convictions.

The deal involved a complex...

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