United States v. Walter v. Cross, A/K/A Bobo Walter v. Cross, United States of America v. Jules C. Melograne

OPINION OF THE COURT

AMBRO, Circuit Judge.

Jules C. Melograne and Walter V. “Bo” Cross conspired to fix hundreds of cases in the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. After a trial in the District Court, a jury convicted them of conspiring to commit mail fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 371 and 1341, 1 and conspiring to violate Pennsylvania citizens’ right to a fair and impartial trial in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 241. 2 They appealed, and in United States v. Cross, 128 F.3d 145 (3d Cir.1997) (Cross I), we affirmed their § 241 convictions but reversed their § 1341…