96 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 7098, 96 Daily Journal D.A.R. 11,619 United States of America v. Michael David Hubbard, United States of America v. James Ray Lyon

96 F.3d 1223 96 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 7098 , 96 Daily Journal D.A.R. 11,619 UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Michael David HUBBARD, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James Ray LYON, Defendant-Appellant. Nos. 95-10317, 95-10318. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Aug. 14, 1996. Decided Sept. 23, 1996. Caro Marks, Arthur W. Ruthenbeck, Assistant Federal Defenders, Sacramento, CA, for defendant-appellant Michael Hubbard. Dwight M. Samuel, Sacramento, CA, for defendant-appellant James Lyon. Jeffrey B. Chasnow (argued), Kenneth L. Jost, Peter Ainsworth, Angela Gunter (on the brief), United States Department of Justice, Office of Consumer Litigation, Washington, DC, for plaintiff-appellee United States. Appeals from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California, Lawrence K. Karlton, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CR-93-00473-LKK. Before WIGGINS and TROTT, Circuit Judges, and VANCE, District Judge. * TROTT, Circuit Judge: OVERVIEW 1 Michael Hubbard and James Lyon were convicted of conspiracy to commit mail fraud related to an elaborate scheme of odometer tampering. They…