Legal Opinion
United States v. Thomas Campbell Butler, Md
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided October 25, 2005No. 04-10364PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Per curiam
Appellant Dr. Thomas Butler was convicted on 47 of 69 counts of various criminal activity relating to work he performed as a medical researcher at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (“HSC”). Of these 47 counts, Butler was convicted of 44 counts of contract-related crimes, including theft, fraud, embezzlement, mail fraud, and wire fraud, (collectively, the “Contract Counts”). Butler was also convicted of three counts relating to the transportation of human plague bacteria (“yersinia pestis” or “YP”), including the illegal exportation of YP to Tanzania, the illegal transportation…
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