United States v. James A. Irwin, Jr.

HOLLOWAY, Circuit Judge.

This is a direct appeal by the defendant-appellant James A. Irwin, Jr., from his conviction and sentence 1 on each count of an eight-count indictment charging him with conspiracy (Count 1) in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371, the general conspiracy statute, with making a false statement to a United States agency (Count 2) in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1001 2 and 2, with concealing or covering up material facts (Counts 3, 5, and 7) in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1001 and 2, and with filing false claims with an agency of the United States (Counts 4, 6, and 8) in violation of 18…