United States v. Howard

SWYGERT, Senior Circuit Judge.

Defendants Clifford Howard (“Clifford”) 1 and Charles Wayne Shelton (“Charles”) appeal from their convictions in the United States District Court for the District of Kentucky for conspiracy and mail and wire fraud. The indictment alleged that defendants conspired with Harriet Shelton Howard (“Harriet”) (wife of defendant Clifford and sister of defendant Charles) and Johnny Howard (“Johnny”) (unrelated to the other Howards) to defraud Grange Mutual Casualty Company by burning the residence of Clifford and Harriet. The indictment alleged that the residence was…