United States v. Evans

FEINBERG, Chief Judge:

This case arises out of defendants’ alleged efforts to arrange sales of arms from various foreign countries to Iran, and, in furtherance of that scheme, to deceive the United States about the true destination of the arms. The government brings an inter*37locutory appeal, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3731, from an order of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Leonard B. Sand, J., dismissing 46 counts of a 55-count indictment charging defendants with mail and wire fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1341 and 1343. The government raises two issues:…