131162P.pdf   05/12/2015  United States  v.  Jason Bo-Alan Beckman
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  13-1162
   U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota - St. Paul   
   [PUBLISHED] [Riley, Author,with Wollman and Bye, Circuit Judges] 
   Criminal case - Criminal law and sentencing. Evidentiary challenges, 
   including a challenge to Rule 404(b) evidence and a claim the court 
   improperly admitted attorney-client privileged evidence, rejected; 
   evidence was sufficient to support defendants' convictions for fraud, 
   conspiracy and tax fraud; claim of ineffective assistance of counsel based 
   on alleged conflicts of interest rejected; denial of motion for new trial 
   based on newly-discovered evidence affirmed; claims of Brady and Giglio 
   violations rejected; Jencks Act claim rejected; the district court 
   correctly calculated the amount of the loss in defendant Beckman's 
   sentencing; no error in imposing enhancements for vulnerable victims, 
   violation of a securities law by an investment advisor, use of 
   sophisticated means and obstruction of justice; claim of unwarranted 
   sentencing disparities rejected; the trial evidence contradicted defendant 
   Durand's claim that he was less culpable and the court did not err in 
   determining that he was responsible for the loss of more than $100 
   million; defendant Kiley's below-guidelines sentence was not substantively 
   unreasonable. Judge Bye, concurring in part and dissenting in part.