96 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 3756, 96 Daily Journal D.A.R. 6107 United States of America v. Lawrence A. Heffner, William W. Dean, Jr., United States of America v. Lawrence A. Heffner, and W.W. Dean & Associates, Lawrence A. Heffner

85 F.3d 435 96 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 3756 , 96 Daily Journal D.A.R. 6107 UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Lawrence A. HEFFNER, Defendant, William W. Dean, Jr., Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Lawrence A. HEFFNER, et al., Defendants, and W.W. Dean & Associates, Defendant-Appellant, Lawrence A. Heffner, Defendant. Nos. 95-50396, 95-50397. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted May 7, 1996. Decided May 28, 1996. Robert S. Brewer, Jr., Robert Lauchlan, Jr., Knut Johnson, McKenna & Cuneo, San Diego, California, and Michael H. Fish, Nugent & Newnham, San Diego, California, for defendant-appellant William Dean. Bruce Castetter, Robert F. DePippo, George C. Aguilar, Assistant United States Attorneys, San Diego, California, for plaintiff-appellee. Appeals from the United States District Court for the Southern District of California, John S. Rhoades, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CR-95-00069-JSR. Before FLOYD R. GIBSON, * JOHN T. NOONAN, Jr., and DAVID R. THOMPSON, Circuit Judges. JOHN T. NOONAN, Jr., Circuit Judge: 1 William W. Dean, Jr. (Dean) and W.W. Dean Associates (the Dean Partnership)…