Legal Opinion
United States v. Ernest A. Winkle
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 11, 1979No. 76-4145, 77-5195PublishedCited by 118 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALVIN B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge:
An intricate and clever scheme to defraud the Government of money asserted to be due for Medicare services resulted in a lengthy and complicated indictment, a protracted trial, and a verdict of guilty. The defendant seeks to overturn that verdict by charging a bevy of errors in the indictment and trial. Because we find his arguments without merit, or the errors asserted harmless beyond a reasonable doubt, we affirm.
Ernest Winkle and three co-defendants were charged with conspiring to defraud the United States by securing unlawful Medicare payments.1 In the same…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- Remmer v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Geders v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Dennis v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- United States v. Orange Jell BeechumCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
- United States v. JohnsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
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3Cited by118 opinions
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