United States v. Paul Richard Arnpriester
Opinion
Opinion
Noonan, J.
Paul Richard Arnpriester (Arnpriester) appeals from the judgment of the district court denying his motion for a new trial following his conviction of conspiracy to possess methamphetamine with intent to distribute in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846 ; of money laundering in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1956 (a)(l)(B)(i); of being an accessory after the fact in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 3 ; and of making a false statement to a federal agency in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1001 . We reverse the judgment of the district court and remand.
PROCEEDINGS
On November 15, 1990 Arnpriester was indicted by a federal grand jury in Phoenix, Arizona for the crimes of which he was ultimately convicted. At the time of the investigation preceding the indictment the United States Attorney for Phoenix, Arizona was Stephen M. McNamee.
Following his conviction on July 26, 1991, Arnpriester appealed to this court, which affirmed each of his convictions, except that of making a false statement to the United States, and remanded for resentencing. On April 22, 1993 while his appeal here was pending, Arnpriester moved for a new trial on the grounds of newly-discovered evidence showing that the trial judge should…