Legal Opinion
United States v. Ekanem
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 7, 2009No. 06-11407PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judge:
Bassey Jackson Ekanem (“Ekanem”) was convicted on five counts of healthcare fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1347. Ekanem now appeals, contending that (1) there was a fatal variance between Count Four of the indictment and the evidence presented at trial; (2) there was insufficient evidence to support a conviction on Count Five of the indictment; and (3) the district court erred in calculating his Guidelines range based on the relevant conduct of others under U.S.S.G. § 1B1.3. For the following reasons, we affirm Eka-nem’s convictions but remand the case for…
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