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U.S. v. PHILLIPS

No. 98-30968.

219 F.3d 404 (2000)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Chaney L. PHILLIPS; Emerson C. Newman, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 13, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

M. Patricia Jones (argued), Baton Rouge, LA, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Michael S. Fawer (argued), Smith, Jones & Fawer, Covington, LA, for Defendants-Appellants.

Before JOLLY, EMILIO M. GARZA and BENAVIDES, Circuit Judges.

E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:

This appeal presents evidence of several discrete schemes of local corruption involving ghost employees, payment of salary kickbacks, and misuse of state government funds. Based on this evidence and other related illegal conduct, a federal jury convicted the appellants, Chaney Phillips, the tax assessor for St. Helena Parish, Louisiana, and Emerson C. Newman, a political ally, on all counts of a twenty-count indictment, charging conspiracy...

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