Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 96,516 United States of America v. David M. Carman

577 F.2d 556 Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 96,516 UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. David M. CARMAN, Defendant-Appellant. No. 77-1845. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. June 23, 1978. Harland W. Braun (argued), Los Angeles, Cal., for defendant-appellant. David R. Hinden, Asst. U. S. Atty. (argued), Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiff-appellee. Appeal From the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Before TUTTLE, * GOODWIN and SNEED, Circuit Judges. SNEED, Circuit Judge. 1 David M. Carman was convicted after a 13-day jury trial of bribery, 18 U.S.C. § 201 (b); 1 conspiracy, 18 U.S.C. § 371 ; 2 interstate transportation of money taken by fraud, 18 U.S.C. § 2314 ; 3 and four counts of securities fraud under the Securities Act of 1933, 15 U.S.C. § 77q(a) and § 77x. 4 He was sentenced to two years imprisonment and a fine of $2,000 for conspiracy, a fine of $5,000 for bribery, a fine of $1,000 for each count of securities fraud, and a fine of $1,000 for interstate transportation of money taken by fraud. 2 Carman appeals from the convictions, advancing four arguments: (1) he was denied a fair trial because the…