United States v. Baum

OPINION

CHIN, District Judge.

In this case, defendant Harvey B. Baum, a criminal defense attorney, is charged with conspiracy, obstruction of justice, false statements, and perjury. The government contends that Baum and his investigator, defendant Guillermo Yasquez, attempted to deceive the government into filing a Rule 35 motion on behalf of an individual who had been sentenced to 20 years imprisonment for narcotics trafficking and murder. Such a motion would have permitted the sentencing judge to reduce the individual’s sentence. The government contends that Baum and Vasquez believed that if…