Legal Opinion

United States v. John Addison Ballis

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided August 8, 1994No. 93-2145PublishedCited by 63 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SAMUEL B. KENT, District Judge:

John Ballis appeals his' conviction on six counts of bank fraud and conspiracy to defraud and four counts of obstructing the investigation of that fraud. Ballis asserts that the district court erred in (1) excluding certain evidence of his discussions with federal agents pursuant to a prior plea agreement; (2) refusing to sever the fraud counts from the obstruction counts; and (3) refusing to enforce the plea agreement. We affirm in part, and reverse in part.

I. BACKGROUND

In late 1986, the FBI began an investigation of transactions involving Roy Dailey, the Chief…

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