United States v. Alfred Fayer

VAN GRAAFEILAND, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal from a judgment convicting appellant on four courts of perjury. It is the last chapter of the sad story of a lawyer whose zeal on behalf of his clients led him into areas of such doubtful propriety that he himself was charged with complicity in his clients’ wrongdoing. Although he successfully defended himself against these accusations, the jury below found that he perjured himself in the process. Finding no reversible error, we affirm the judgment of conviction.

The clients’ misdeeds are described in United States v. Bernstein, 583 F.2d 775 (2d…