Legal Opinion
United States v. Copeland
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided June 18, 1998No. 96-8404PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BLACK, Circuit Judge:
Appellants Virgil M: Copeland and John J. Winders appeal their convictions for accepting and making illegal kickbacks and bribes and for filing false tax returns. We vacate their convictions for bribery under 18 U.S.C. § 6&6 and § 2, but affirm their convictions on all other counts. .
I. BACKGROUND
From the early 1980s until 1992, Appellant Virgil M. Copeland served as a manager in the Facilities Operations Division of the Marietta, Georgia, plant of Lockheed Aeronautical Systems Company (Lockheed). Copeland’s. responsibilities at Lockheed included finding off-site space…
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