Legal Opinion

United States v. Pierro

Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Decided July 28, 1994No. 93-1313PublishedCited by 157 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SELYA, Circuit Judge.

Defendant-appellant Darrell F. Pierro labors to convince us that the district court erred in refusing to grant him a separate trial, in refusing to declare a mistrial, and, following his conviction, in refusing to reduce his sentence beneath the suggested guideline range. We are not persuaded by appellant’s exhortations and, therefore, affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

At the times material hereto, appellant earned his livelihood as a vice-president of the Moore Group (MoGro), a California company. Yielding to temptation, he also joined a criminal cartel that, during the years 1989 and…

2Cases cited50 opinions

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3Cited by157 opinions

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