UNITED STATES v. BOTTOM

No. 80-7314.

638 F.2d 781 (1981)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Terry BOTTOM, Dave Davis and Elam Bracy Hamilton, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Unit B.

March 2, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L. Drew Redden, Birmingham, Ala., James Alexander, Athens, Ala., for defendants-appellants.

J. R. Brooks, U. S. Atty., Herbert H. Henry, III, Asst. U. S. Atty., Birmingham, Ala., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before SIMPSON, RONEY and THOMAS A. CLARK, Circuit Judges.


SIMPSON, Circuit Judge:

A jury found defendants, Bottom and Hamilton, guilty under two counts of mail fraud pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1341 and found defendant Davis guilty under one count. The trial judge instructed "not guilty" verdicts as to the remaining counts of the fourteen count indictment. From the ensuing judgment and sentences, the defendants appeal their convictions to this court. We affirm.

The appellants, county commissioners of Limestone County...

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