McFall
United States v. McFall
Opinion
Lead Opinion
MEMORANDUM *
Monte D. McFall (“McFall”), a former lobbyist and local elected official, stands convicted of nine counts of attempted extortion and conspiracy to commit extortion, 18 U.S.C. § 1951 , six counts of honest services mail fraud, 18 U.S.C. §§ 1341 , 1346, and two counts of attempted witness tampering, 18 U.S.C. § 1512 (b)(1), (3). The district court sentenced McFall to 121 months’ imprisonment and a $50,000 fine.
McFall raises a long list of contentions on appeal. In addition to the contentions addressed in our concurrently filed opinion, McFall challenges the admission of prejudicial character evidence against him, the effectiveness of trial counsel’s representation, the denial of a motion to disqualify the presiding judge, the denial of multiple motions to continue his trial, the sufficiency of the evidence in support of one of the attempted extortion counts, the government’s refusal to compel exculpatory testimony, the district court’s application of the sentencing guidelines, and the denial of his motion for a new trial. 1 We conclude that McFall’s claims either lack merit, or have been rendered moot by our accompanying opinion reversing his convictions in part.