United States v. Alexander D. McCord

15 F.3d 1093 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Alexander D. McCORD, Defendant-Appellant. No. 92-50544. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Dec. 8, 1993. * Decided Dec. 23, 1993. Before: HUG, SCHROEDER, and BOOCHEVER, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Appellant Alexander D. McCord appeals his convictions, following a jury trial, of four counts of mail fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. Sec. 1341 , three counts of wire fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. Sec. 1343 , and one count of subscribing to a false tax return in violation of 26 U.S.C. Sec. 7206 (1). 3 McCord argues that the district court abused its discretion when it (A) limited the cross-examination of rebuttal witness Dorthea Tomczyk; (B) refused to admit into evidence a tape recording of a conversation about which Tomczyk had testified, and also excluded a transcript of the same tape recording; and (C) denied McCord's three motions for a…