UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Robert MURRAY, James Moore, and Susan Watson, Defendants-Appellants

HUG, Circuit Judge:

Pursuant to the second superseding indictment filed June 10, 1983, defendants Robert A. Murray (“Murray”), Susan Watson (“Watson”), and James A. Moore (“Moore”) were charged with conspiracy to conceal assets in bankruptcy, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 371, 152 (1982) (“Count I”). Murray and Moore were individually charged with knowingly and fraudulently transferring and concealing assets from a trustee in bankruptcy to defraud creditors, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 152 (“Count II, Count III, and Count IV”). Murray was also indicted for destroying documents pertaining to the…