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U.S. v. SIMELS

Docket Nos. 09-5117-cr(L), 10-152-cr(XAP).

654 F.3d 161 (2011)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee-Cross-Appellant, v. Robert SIMELS, Defendant-Appellant, Arienne Irving, Defendant-Cross-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: August 12, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barry A. Bohrer , New York, N.Y. ( Elkan Abramowitz , James R. Stovall , Morvillo, Abramowitz , Grand, Iason, Anello & Bohrer, P.C., New York, N.Y., on the brief), for Defendant-Appellant.

Daniel D. Brownell , Asst. U.S. Atty., Brooklyn, N.Y. ( Loretta E. Lynch , U.S. Atty. Eastern District of New York, David C. James , Asst. U.S. Atty., Brooklyn, N.Y., on the brief), for Appellee-Cross-Appellant.

Before: NEWMAN, CALABRESI, and HALL, Circuit Judges.

JON O. NEWMAN, Circuit Judge.

This appeal by a lawyer convicted of offenses involving attempted obstruction of justice implicates issues concerning the Government's use of a confidential informant to pursue an investigation of the lawyer's conduct during his preparation of the defense of his client. Robert Simels appeals the December 12, 2009, judgment of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (John Gleeson, District Judge), sentencing...

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