UNITED STATES v. L'HOSTE

Nos. 78-5593, 79-1606.

609 F.2d 796 (1980)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Robert J. L'HOSTE, R. J. L'Hoste & Company, Inc., Clarence Eugene Rogers and Marvin Cochran, Defendants-Appellants. In re UNITED STATES of America, Petitioner.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 10, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Julian R. Murray, Jr., Henry E. Braden, IV, New Orleans, La., for R. L'Hoste & R. J. L'Hoste Co. in No. 78-5593 and for U. S. in No. 79-1606.

Michael H. Ellis, New Orleans, La., for Rogers & Cochran.

John P. Volz, U. S. Atty., Robert J. Boitmann, Asst. U. S. Atty., Chief, Appellate Section, Richard T. Simmons, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., New Orleans, La., for United States plaintiff-appellee in No. 78-5593.

Richard T. Simmons, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., New Orleans, La., for defendants-appellants.

Charles Schwartz, Jr., for United States.

Before TJOFLAT and VANCE, Circuit Judges, and ALLGOOD, District Judge.


TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge:

Robert J. L'Hoste, R. J. L'Hoste & Company, Inc., Clarence Eugene Rogers, and Marvin Cochran appeal their convictions for conspiracy, 18 U.S.C. § 371 (1976),1 and racketeering, 18 U.S.C. §§ 2, 1962(c) (1976),2 arising out of their involvement in sewer construction contracts for Jefferson Parish, Louisiana. They challenge the sufficiency of the indictment, the method...

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