United States v. Marc Rosenthal

RHESA HAWKINS BARKSDALE, Circuit Judge:

This appeal does not challenge the sufficiency of the evidence for charged widespread corruption involving a lawyer, a state judge, and a former state legislator. Instead, the lawyer, Marc Garrett Rosen-thal, claims he is entitled to a new trial due to procedural errors, such as in obtaining wiretap evidence. He was found guilty by a jury of: racketeering conspiracy, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1962(d), the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) (count one); five counts of mail fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1341 and 2 (counts two…