U.S. v. JONES

Nos. 10-60944, 11-60159.

664 F.3d 966 (2011)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Telandra Gail JONES; Theddis Marcel Pearson, Defendants-Appellants. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Theddis Marcel Pearson, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 15, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gaines H. Cleveland , Asst. U.S. Atty., Gulfport, MS, David M. Blank , U.S. Dept. of Justice, Office of Counsel to the Inspector Gen., Washington, DC, Jason Scott Gilbert , Asst. U.S. Atty. (argued), Jackson, MS, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

John Michael Helms, Jr. (argued), Helms, Roberts & Diaz, L.L.P., Michael J. Todd , Law Office of Michael J. Todd, P.C., Dallas, TX, John Keith Perry, Jr. , Sparkman, Zummach & Perry, P.C., Southaven, MS, Merrida P. Coxwell, Jr. , Charles Richard Mullins (argued), Coxwell & Associates, P.L.L.C., Jackson, MS, for Defendants-Appellants.

Before SMITH, PRADO and ELROD, Circuit Judges.


PRADO, Circuit Judge.

This appeal arises out of the nearly month-long trial of Telandra Jones, Theddis Pearson, and five other defendants for Medicare fraud and related crimes stemming from the practices of their business, Statewide Physical Medicine Group. The Appellants used unauthorized personnel to perform physical rehabilitation on Medicare patients and then billed Medicare at an inflated rate for those treatments. The jury convicted Pearson of five counts of...

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