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U.S. v. COCIVERA

Nos. 96-1071 to 96-1077.

104 F.3d 566 (1996)

UNITED STATES of America v. John COCIVERA, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America v. U.S. HEALTH PRODUCTS, INC., Appellant. UNITED STATES of America v. NORTH AMERICAN HEALTH INDUSTRIES, INC., Appellant. UNITED STATES of America v. AMERICAN HEALTH PRODUCTS, INC., Appellant. UNITED STATES of America v. BENEFICIAL HEALTH PRODUCTS, INC., Appellant. UNITED STATES of America v. UNIVERSAL MEDICAL COMPANY, INC., Appellant. UNITED STATES of America v. MID-ATLANTIC HEALTH PRODUCTS, INC., Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided December 26, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard M. Meltzer (argued), Mesirov, Gelman, Jaffe, Cramer & Jamieson, Philadelphia, PA, for Appellants.

Richard P. Barrett (argued), Office of United States Attorney, Philadelphia, PA, Debra L.W. Cohn (argued), United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Appellee.

Before: SLOVITER, Chief Judge, COWEN and ROTH, Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

SLOVITER, Chief Judge.

Appellant John Cocivera and six corporations that he established were convicted by a jury of various crimes arising out of a scheme to defraud Medicare. The principal issues before us concern Cocivera's waiver of his right to counsel and his representation of the defendant corporations.

I.

Cocivera was the chief executive officer and fifty percent owner of six Pennsylvania corporations that were...

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