Legal Opinion
United States v. Albert G. Bustamante
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 5, 1995No. 93-8705PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
W. EUGENE DAVIS, Circuit Judge:
Bustamante appeals his conviction and sentence on two counts of a ten count indictment charging RICO and related offenses. We affirm.
I
Albert G. Bustamante was elected to the United States House of Representatives in November 1984 and served until his defeat in 1992. In 1993, a federal grand jury returned a ten-count indictment against Bustamante, accusing him of using his public office for personal enrichment.
Count One alleged that Bustamante conducted the affairs of an enterprise, his congressional office, through a pattern of racketeering activity, in…
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