Opinion ID: 382694
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Text: 7 In this appeal, Georgalis raises six issues: 8 (1) Whether the improper statements made by the prosecutor concerning Georgalis's non-existent felony conviction constituted fatal error requiring a mistrial; 9 (2) whether the letters were sent after the fraudulent scheme had been completed and were therefore outside the scope of the statute of limitations; 10 (3) whether there was a fatal variance between the charges in the indictment and the proof offered at trial; 11 (4) whether there was a question of the letters' authenticity such that the government should have presented a custodian to account for the whereabouts of the letters over the five year period; 12 (5) whether the jury could reasonably have found that letters not mailed by Georgalis were caused to be mailed by Georgalis so as to support his conviction for mail fraud; and, 13 (6) whether the indictment should be quashed because there was insufficient evidence presented to the grand jury upon which to base its factual findings.