United States v. Jerome Berardi

CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.

Defendant-appellant Jerome Berardi was charged in a seven-count indictment with mail fraud, extortion and obstruction of justice. The jury acquitted him of mail fraud and extortion but found him guilty of obstructing justice. He appeals from this judgment of conviction. In his appeal Berardi raises a number of issues concerning the alleged duplicity of the obstruction of justice count, prejudicial joinder of counts, and the sufficiency of the evidence. We affirm his conviction.

I

Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the government, Giasser v. United States,…