United States v. Brown

W. EUGENE DAVIS, Circuit Judge:

James Harvey Brown appeals his convictions for making false statements to the FBI in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1001 on numerous grounds. Because we conclude that any error that the district court may have committed was harmless under the circumstances, we affirm Brown’s convictions.

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This appeal arises out of a federal prosecution of former Louisiana Governor Edwin Edwards, Louisiana Insurance Commissioner James Harvey “Jim” Brown (“Brown”), and attorney Ronald Weems for allegedly engaging in a scheme of public corruption. The government charged that the three…