United States v. Aristotle Matsa

MERRITT, Circuit Judge.

A jury found Aristotle “Rick” Matsa guilty of various charges for concealing his assets from taxing authorities and ob structing an investigation of the concealment. Matsa now challenges his conviction on three grounds: 1) the district court’s decision to remove his counsel of choice violated his Sixth Amendment rights; 2) the prosecution engaged in systematic misconduct that deprived him of due process; and 3) the authorities obtained an invalid search warrant by failing to inform the magistrate about their confidential informant. For the following reasons, the…