United States v. William L. Hodge

Opinion by Judge NOONAN; Concurrence by Judge REINHARDT.

NOONAN, Circuit Judge:

William L. Hodge appeals his conviction of wire fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1343 and of false statements in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1001 by filing certain certifications to the National Science Foundation (NSF) as an NSF grantee.

FACTS

Hodge is an atomic physicist with over seventeen years experience in atomic physics, laser physics, plasma physics, and elec-tro-optical instrument design. He has designed soft x-ray instrumentation at John Hopkins University, has taken part in plasma spectroscopy experiments at…