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UNITED STATES v. WHITTINGTON

No. 84-4813.

783 F.2d 1210 (1986)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Richard A. WHITTINGTON, Richard Wolfe and W. Lewis DeMoss, Jr., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied April 2, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bobby D. Sutton, Shreveport, La., for Whittington.

Richard Wolfe, pro se.

McNulty, O'Connor, Stakelum & Anderson, James J. O'Connor, New Orleans, La., for Wolfe.

W. Lewis DeMoss, Jr., pro se.

Wellborn Jack, Jr. (Court-appointed), Shreveport, La., for W. Lewis DeMoss, Jr.

Joseph S. Cage, Jr., D.H. Perkins, Jr., Asst. U.S. Attys., Shreveport, La., for the U.S.

Before RUBIN, RANDALL, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

ALVIN B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge:

The defendants were convicted in a bench trial of various offenses revolving around the alleged submission of a false claim for benefits under the federal Dairy Production Stabilization Act of 1983. In this appeal, they contend that the district court improperly admitted in evidence a document crucial to the government's case, the evidence was insufficient to support their conviction, and the prosecution was guilty of misconduct in threatening...

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