Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit July 3, 1990, 87-2456, 87-2457 and 87-2458 (United States v. John C. Best, Gregory J. Bewick, and Paul F. Conarty)

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

The defendants were indicted on 35 counts of mail fraud, misapplication of bank funds, bank fraud, and related crimes committed in the course of the failure of the American Heritage Savings and Loan Association, a federally insured institution of which the defendants were officers. The trial lasted seven weeks, and the jury found the defendants guilty on most counts.