Legal Opinion
United States v. Frank P. Lench
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided December 30, 1986No. 86-1086PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KOZINSKI, Circuit Judge.
Frank P. Lench was convicted of obstructing justice in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1503 (1984), by concealing information subpoenaed by two grand juries. He was sentenced to two years in prison. Lench attacks his conviction on many grounds, among them that his conduct was not proscribed by section 1503, that there was insufficient evidence to sustain the conviction and that there was an impermissible variance between indictment and procf.
Facts
Lench was the Regional Vice President in charge of the Martinez, California office of the Howard P. Foley Co. (Foley), a nationwide…
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