Legal Opinion
United States v. Bernard J. Hatch, Jr., United States of America v. Kenneth Larry Averitt
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 28, 1991No. 90-4184, 90-4286PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JERRE S. WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:
A federal grand jury returned a fourteen count indictment against appellant Kenneth Larry Averitt, Sheriff of Union Parish, Louisiana. The first two counts also indicted appellant Bernard J. Hatch, Jr., who allegedly had been hired by the sheriff to consult on the construction of a new jail. They were both charged with mail fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1341, and conspiracy to commit mail fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371. A jury found Hatch guilty on both of the counts, one count of mail fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud. The…
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