United States v. Charles W. Klayer

KRUPANSKY, Circuit Judge.

This is a direct appeal by Charles W. Klayer (Klayer) from his convictions for mail fraud and wire fraud, .18 U.S.C. §§ 1341,1343, in a jury trial in the Western District of Kentucky. Klayer, who was previously convicted by a federal jury on 16 counts of bank fraud, now raises three assignments of error addressing the conduct of the trial judge, the propriety of testimony by his ex-wife, and the introduction into evidence for impeachment purposes of Klayer’s prior conviction in the event that he elected to testify.

The trial of the instant case was accomplished in a…