Legal Opinion
United States v. Pascal Ballistrea
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided November 25, 1996No. 56, Docket 95-1578PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JON O. NEWMAN, Chief Judge:
The primary question on this appeal is whether a defendant can be convicted of “defrauding” an agency of the United States under the general federal conspiracy statute, 18 U.S.C. § 371, if he did not contact agency personnel or submit docmnents to the agency. The question arises on an appeal by Pascal Ballistrea from the September 26, 1995, judgment of the District Court for the Western District of New York (Richard J. Arcara, Judge), convicting him, after a jury trial, of five counts arising under substantive provisions of the Food, Drug, and Cosmetics Act…
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