United States v. Robert M. Weichert, Timberline East, Adirondack Wood Stove Works, Inc.

The principal issue on this appeal is whether a defendant who does not testify at trial may challenge on appeal a ruling that an impeaching inquiry would be permitted on cross-examination under Fed.R. Evid. 608(b). Robert Weichert appeals from a judgment of the District Court for the Northern District of New York (Lloyd F. MacMahon, Judge) convicting him, following a jury trial, on one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371 (1982), and on four substantive counts of bankruptcy fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 152 (1982). Timberline East and…