Medicare & Medicaid Guide P 43,987, 43 Fed. R. Evid. Serv. 944, 96 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 452, 96 Daily Journal D.A.R. 687 United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant v. Bruce L. Erickson and Great Falls Eye Surgery Center, Defendants-Appellants-Cross-Appellees

75 F.3d 470 Medicare & Medicaid Guide P 43,987, 43 Fed. R. Evid. Serv. 944 , 96 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 452 , 96 Daily Journal D.A.R. 687 UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant, v. Bruce L. ERICKSON and Great Falls Eye Surgery Center, Defendants-Appellants-Cross-Appellees. Nos. 94-30207, 94-30210 and 94-30211. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted April 13, 1995. Decided Jan. 22, 1996. W. William Leaphart, Leaphart Law Firm, Helena, Montana, for defendants-appellants-cross-appellees. Keith Strong and David Dennis, Dorsey & Whitney, Great Falls, Montana, for defendants-appellants-cross-appellees. Carl Rostad, Assistant United States Attorney, Great Falls, Montana, for plaintiff-appellee-cross-appellant. Appeals from the United States District Court for the District of Montana. Before: POOLE, BOOCHEVER, and WIGGINS, Circuit Judges. POOLE, Circuit Judge: 1 The Great Falls Eye Surgery Center (the "Center") and ophthalmologist Bruce L. Erickson, a part-owner and the medical director of the Center, appeal their convictions for Medicare fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 287 . They were convicted after jury trial of knowingly…