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U.S. v. BLACK

Nos. 07-4080, 08-1030, 08-1072, 08-1106.

530 F.3d 596 (2008)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Conrad M. BLACK, Peter Y. Atkinson, John A. Boultbee, and Mark S. Kipnis, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided June 25, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward Siskel (argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Andrew L. Frey (argued), Mayer Brown LLP, Washington, DC, Marc W. Martin, Chicago, IL, Michael S. Schachter (argued), Willkie Farr & Gallagher, New York, NY, Richard A. Greenberg (argued), Newman & Greenberg, New York, NY, Ronald S. Safer (argued) Schiff Hardin, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellants.

Before POSNER, KANNE, and SYKES, Circuit Judges.

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

At the end of a four-month trial, the jury convicted the defendants of mail and wire fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1341 and Black in addition of obstruction of justice in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1512(c). The judge sentenced him to 78 months in prison, Atkinson and Boultbee to 24 and 27 months, and Kipnis to probation with six months of home detention.

The defendants were senior...

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