United States v. Frank G. Prantil

FERGUSON, Circuit Judge:

The defendant, a criminal defense attorney, appeals his conviction on eight out of eleven counts alleged in an indictment for the offenses of perjury, 18 U.S.C. § 1623; false statements, 18 U.S.C. § 1001; and being accessory after the fact, 18 U.S.C. § 3. All of the defendant’s convictions are predicated on actions he took while representing a criminal defendant, Betty Powell, in a separate criminal prosecution. After a seven-day trial the jury found the defendant not guilty on two counts of harboring a fugitive and perjury. The district court had previously dismissed…