United States v. Arthur M. Blau

WALKER, Circuit Judge:

Defendant-appellant Arthur M. Blau appeals from the judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Deborah A. Batts, District Judge), convicting him, after a jury trial, of offering kickbacks to influence the operations of an employee benefit plan, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1954. Blau was sentenced, in principal part, to thirty-six months’ imprisonment, to be followed by one year of supervised release. On appeal, Blau contends that (1) the district court erred in denying his post-trial motion for a Kctstigar hearing into whether the…