Legal Opinion
United States v. Hilda Amiel, Kathryn Amiel, Joanne Amiel and Sarina Amiel
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided September 5, 1996No. 1021, 1022 and 751, Dockets 95-1286, 95-1287 and 95-1288PublishedCited by 67 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PARKER, Circuit Judge:
Kathryn, Joanne, and Sarina Amiel appeal from a judgment of conviction entered in the Eastern District of New York on May 12, 1995 (Thomas C. Platt, Judge) following a jury trial. The Amiels were convicted of conspiracy to commit mail fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371, and various counts of mail fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1341. These charges stem from the Amiels’ alleged distribution of fraudulent artwork attributed to Chagall, Dali, Miro and Picasso, and falsely represented to be pencil signed by those artists.
On appeal, the defendants argue that (1) the…
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