Legal Opinion
United States v. Carl Ray Helms, Dennis Harris, Charles E. Vandervort, Shirley Harris and Paul Earl Briggs
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 26, 1990No. 88-1232PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHNSON, Circuit Judge:
The five appellants, Carl Helms (“Helms”), Dennis Harris, Shirley Harris, Paul Briggs (“Briggs”), and Charles Van-dervort (“Vandervort”), were charged in a forty-two count indictment. Helms, Dennis Harris and Shirley Harris were convicted on the forty-one counts which were submitted to the jury. Briggs and Vandervort were convicted on some, but not all of the counts charged. Appellants raise numerous arguments on appeal. This Court affirms.
I. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
The superseding indictment filed on August 11, 1987, charged the appellants with conspiracy to commit…
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