Legal Opinion
United States v. Phillip Rossomando
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided April 10, 1998No. Docket 97-1491PublishedCited by 70 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOSÉ A. CABRANES, Circuit Judge:
Defendant-appellant Phillip Rossomando appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Raymond J. Dearie, Judge), convicting him of one count of mail fraud under 18 U.S.C. § 1341. 1 Rossomando argues that the court’s jury charge improperly suggested that the government did not have to prove that Rossomando intended to harm his victim in order to be guilty of mail fraud. We agree, and therefore reverse the judgment of the district court.
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Rossomando is a retired New York City firefighter who was awarded a…
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