United States v. Wilton Larron Mahaffey

76 F.3d 389 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel.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. Wilton Larron MAHAFFEY, Defendant-Appellant. No. 95-30123. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Jan. 8, 1996. Decided Jan. 25, 1996. Before: NOONAN, LEAVY, and HAWKINS, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM * 2 Wilton Larron Mahaffey appeals his convictions of five counts of mail fraud, challenging the sufficiency of the evidence and several evidentiary rulings. We affirm. FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS 3 On December 16, 1994, after a two-day trial, a jury convicted Mahaffey on five counts of mail fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1341 , for his purchase and resale of computers in connection with the performance of a government defense contract. As president and CEO of AeroLift, Inc., Mahaffey orchestrated the lease, purchase, and resale of 5 IBM RT computers, which he charged to the government as an overhead expense for AeroLift's contract with…