Legal Opinion
United States v. Kenneth R. Couch
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 23, 1990No. 88-2803PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POLITZ, Circuit Judge:
After conducting an evidentiary hearing on a motion filed under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 the district court sustained the conviction of Kenneth Couch but vacated his sentence and then resentenced him. Couch appeals. For the reasons assigned, we affirm.
Background
In September 1986 Couch was charged in a ten-count indictment with defrauding a bank insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and related charges. 18 U.S.C. §§ 2, 371, 656, 1005, 1014. Judge Paul N. Brown of the Eastern District of Texas presided over his jury trial. The jury returned verdicts of guilty on all…
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