UNITED STATES v. WEDDELL

No. 85-1676.

800 F.2d 1404 (1986)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Keith WEDDELL, and Willie Hammond, Jr., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

October 1, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Travis D. Shelton, Travis Dale Jones, Lubbock, Tex., for Weddell.

Warren Burnett, Odessa, Tex., Larry Zinn, San Antonio, Tex., for Hammond.

Sidney Powell, Asst. U.S. Atty., Helen M. Eversberg, U.S. Atty., Michael R. Hardy, Asst. U.S. Atty., San Antonio, Tex., James Blankinship, Asst. U.S. Atty., Midland, Tex., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before CLARK, Chief Judge, RUBIN and GARZA, Circuit Judges.


GARZA, Circuit Judge:

City Councilman Keith Weddell, Will Weddell, Mayor Bob Bryant and attorney Ray Stoker, Jr., purchased the O'Michael Building, a two-story commercial office building in downtown Odessa, Texas, on July 1, 1980, for $135,000. Although the building was titled solely in Stoker's name, Keith Weddell kept the books and managed the building. In June, 1981, the owners increased the insurance coverage on the building from $200,000 to $420,000.

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