United States v. Macari

By In the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

United States v. Macari - In the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
  • Release Date: 2006-07-14
  • Genre: Law

Description

On November 6, 2003, a federal grand jury returned a fourteen-count indictment against Albin Brenkus, Peter Macari, and seven other members (or prospective members) of a Chicago projectionist union, known as Local 110, on charges of arson and, in Brenkuss case, obstruction of justice. A jury acquitted Brenkus of the arson-related charges but convicted him of obstruction of justice, and he was sentenced to a term of seventy-eight months. On appeal, Brenkus challenges the sufficiency of the evidence presented on his 18 U.S.C. § 1503 obstruction of justice conviction as well as the district courts jury instructions on the obstruction of justice count. We affirm the judgment of the district court as it relates to Brenkus.