United States v. Clifford Jerome Miller, United States of America v. Kathelyn Vandraiss Miller, United States of America v. Clifford Jerome Miller

THORNBERRY, Circuit Judge:

Appellants Clifford and Kathelyn Miller were convicted of mail fraud, under 18 U.S.C. § 1341, and for conspiring to defraud the United States by filing a false social security claim in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 286. Clifford Miller also was convicted of possessing a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C., § 1202(a) Appendix. Appellants were tried separately, but their cases are consolidated for this direct appeal since they raise the same central issue.

They claim that most of the evidence admitted against them at trial was discovered by the government only because it had…