United States v. Grace

PER CURIAM: *

George L. Grace, the former mayor of St. Gabriel, Louisiana, was charged with 13 counts of corruption-related offenses arising out of four schemes: the Hurricane Katrina Scheme, the City Vendor Scheme, the Real Estate Scheme, and the Cifer 5000 Scheme. A jury convicted Grace of seven of those counts, Counts 1, 6-9, 11, and 13, and acquitted him of the remaining counts, Counts 2-5,10, and 12.

This court affirmed his convictions on appeal but determined that the district court erred with respect to his sentence by miscalculating the amount of loss applicable to two fraudulent…