Drizin

United States v. Drizin

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238 F. App'x 245
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitJune 25, 2007No. 05-10820California335 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM *

Appellant Wayne Allen Drizin appeals his conviction of two counts of wire fraud *246 pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1343 . At trial, Drizin asked for, and received, a jury instruction that securities fraud is a lesser-included offense of wire fraud. The government originally objected to this instruction, but eventually withdrew its objection.

Although Drizin was charged with six counts of wire fraud, the district court instructed the jury on only one count of securities fraud. Drizin now contends that the district court did not give the instruction correctly. • He claims the court should have instructed the jury on six counts of securities fraud, one for each count of wire fraud.

Securities fraud is not a lesser-included offense of wire fraud. See Schmuck v. United States, 489 U.S. 705, 716 , 109 S.Ct. 1443 , 103 L.Ed.2d 734 (1989). Not only should Drizin not have received the instruction on one count of securities fraud, he did not timely object at trial to the manner in which it was given. Having requested an erroneous instruction and having received it, Drizin is not in a position on appeal to claim that the instruction should have been given further in his…

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