United States v. Peter Bellucci

Peter Bellucei appeals his conviction upon a jury verdict of making false statements to a financial institution, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1014. Bellucei claims there was insufficient evidence that he knowingly made false statements to a bank because he personally made no statements to a bank, and he did not knowingly cause false statements to be made to a bank. He also argues that his Sixth Amendment rights under the Confrontation Clause were violated when the district court permitted the government to use hearsay evidence to establish the federally insured status of the bank, an element…