Legal Opinion

United States v. Schneider

Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Decided April 17, 1997No. 96-1281PublishedCited by 40 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BOUDIN, Circuit Judge.

Lawrence Schneider was convicted on multiple counts of mail and wire fraud and now appeals, presenting two difficult issues. One concerns the. district court’s refusal to allow Schneider’s expert medical testimony proffered as pertinent to his state of mind; the other relates to the denial of Schneider’s new trial motion based on jury-questionnaire information about one of the jurors. On both issues, we agree with the, district court’s outcome and affirm.

What Schneider did was largely undisputed at trial, although his state of mind was very much in dispute. Schneider ran…

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1993
  2. People v. WolffCalifornia Supreme Court · 1964
  3. United States v. ShayCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1995
  4. United States v. Richard AnnigoniCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1996
  5. United States v. Karen CameronCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1990

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3Cited by40 opinions

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  4. United States v. AhrendtCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2009
  5. United States v. Candelaria-SilvaCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1998

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