Legal Opinion
United States v. Charles Schwarz, Thomas Wiese, and Thomas Bruder, Justin A. Volpe and Michael Bellomo
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided February 28, 2002No. Docket 00-1479, 00-1483 and 00-1515PublishedCited by 150 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN M. WALKER, JR., Chief Judge.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
THE FIRST TRIAL.81
I. Factual Background.81
A. Pre-trial Proceedings.81
B. Trial Proceedings.84
C. Post-trial Proceedings.88
D. Prior Proceedings on Appeal.89
II. Schwarz’s Challenges to the First Trial. .90
A. The Conflict of Interest Issue.90
1. The Conflict of Interest.90
a. The Actual Conflict.91
b. The Lapse in Representation.92
2. The Waiver.95
B. The Jury Contamination Issue .97
THE SECOND TRIAL .100
I. Factual Background O O T — 1
II. The Challenge to the Sufficiency of the Evidence in the Second Trial O T — !
A. The Agreement. O T — 1
B. Knowledge of…
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