UNITED STATES v. JENNINGS

No. 83-4426.

724 F.2d 436 (1984)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Melvin R. JENNINGS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied February 29, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walls, Buck & Irving Ltd., Robert E. Buck, Greenville, Miss., for defendant-appellant.

James B. Tucker, Asst. U.S. Atty., Jackson, Miss., for plaintiff-appellee.

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


GARWOOD, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal from a judgment of conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 2871 for making false claims to an agency of the United States government. The claims involved were those on behalf of an organization known as South People, Inc. (SPI) presented to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), through the Mississippi State Department of Education (SDOE), for reimbursement for meals served to children under...

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