Legal Opinion
United States v. Voccola
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided November 5, 1996No. 96-1182PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOWNES, Senior Circuit Judge.
Defendant-appellant raises three issues in this appeal They are: (1) the denial of defendant’s motion for recusal of the sentencing judge; (2) whether the district court clearly erred in increasing defendant’s sentencing level for his role in the offense; and (3) whether the district judge clearly erred in finding that defendant obstructed justice. We affirm.
Background
A grand jury returned a twenty-four count indictment charging defendant, Robert Voc-cola, his brother, Edward Voccola, and one of Edward’s employees, Roger Cavaca, with an extensive scheme of…
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