Legal Opinion
United States v. Terry Bottom, Dave Davis and Elam Bracy Hamilton
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 2, 1981No. 19-30213PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIMPSON, Circuit Judge:
A jury found defendants, Bottom and Hamilton, guilty under two counts of mail fraud pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1341 and found defendant Davis guilty under one count. The trial judge instructed “not guilty” verdicts as to the remaining counts of the fourteen count indictment. From the ensuing judgment and sentences, the defendants appeal their convictions to this court. We affirm.
The appellants, county commissioners of Limestone County, Alabama, were responsible for the maintenance of county roads in their districts, separate geographical areas of the county. Each carried…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Glasser v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Berger v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- Allen v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- United States v. MazeSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- United States v. Joseph Lichenstein and Leo BellaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
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3Cited by34 opinions
- United States v. LindellCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1989
- United States v. Simon Edward Heath and Paul Sau-Ki ChengCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1992
- United States v. Marilyn Kay KelleyCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1991
- Montoya v. ScottCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1995
- United States v. Carl Veltmann and Christopher VeltmannCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1993
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