United States v. Fred J. Evans

Defendant Evans appeals from a jury conviction of 28 counts of mail fraud and embezzlement in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1341 (1982), mail fraud, 664 (1982), embezzlement from an employee pension benefit plan, and 1027 (1982), false statements in relation to documents required by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act. Evans claims that the district court abused its discretion by denying his motions to: (1) sever counts relating to embezzlement from a pension fund from counts relating to defrauding a creditor; (2) exclude evidence of prior convictions for fraud and embezzlement; (3)…