UNITED STATES v. O'KEEFE

No. 83-3174.

722 F.2d 1175 (1983)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Michael H. O'KEEFE, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied February 3, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Camille F. Gravel, Jr., Helen G. Roberts, Alexandria, La., Miller, Cassidy, Larroca & Lewin, Wm. H. Jeffress, Jr., Randall J. Turk, Washington, D.C., for defendant-appellant.

John P. Volz, U.S. Atty., Fredericka L. Homberg, Robert J. Boitmann, Asst. U.S. Attys., New Orleans, La., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before GEE and GARWOOD, Circuit Judges, and EAST, District Judge.


GEE, Circuit Judge:

Defendant Michael O'Keefe was convicted by a jury of one count of mail fraud and two counts of obstruction of justice. On appeal, he claims (1) that the jury was impermissibly prejudiced by information concerning an earlier trial and conviction, (2) that the district court's denial of a change of venue deprived him of a fair trial, and (3) that the evidence was insufficient to support any of the three...

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