United States v. Frank Joseph Lach

Frank Joseph Lach appeals from his conviction on two counts of criminal contempt for willfully disobeying two separate court orders to testify in grand jury proceedings, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 401 (1982). We affirm.

I

In February 1986, Lach was convicted for conspiring with Sam Urbana, owner of a Miami, Florida pawn shop known as “A New Hocke Shoppe,” to transport stolen property in interstate commerce in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 371 and 2314 (1982), and, subsequently, was sentenced to five years imprisonment. On the date of his sentencing, April 23, 1986, Lach appeared before a federal…