United States v. Dohrmann

Defendant/appellant Bernhard Dohrmann appeals his conviction of sixteen counts of criminal contempt for disobeying an injunction that prohibited him from violating the anti-fraud provisions of the federal securities laws. Dohrmann contends that the superseding indictment under which he was convicted substantially broadened the original indictment, and that the superseding indictment consequently violated the statute of limitations. Dohrmann further argues that the district court erred by denying Dohrmanns motion to dismiss the indictment for pretrial delay and by refusing to strike from the indictment allegations regarding the use of debenture proceeds. Dohrmann also asserts that substantial evidence did not support all of his convictions. Dohrmann finally contends that the district court violated his due process rights by increasing his sentence. We affirm.