United States v. Heinz Golitschek

JON O. NEWMAN, Circuit Judge:

This appeal from a conviction for offenses relating to a planned shipment of helicopters from the United States to Iran raises a host of perplexing issues. The issues arise in an unusual context: The defendant is an Austrian citizen who never set foot in this country during the entire episode alleged to constitute his offense, and the offense concerns a fictitious sale that was proposed to the defendant by agents of the United States and never consummated. The appeal is brought by Heinz Golitschek from a judgment of the District Court for the Western District of…