U.S. v. CASTRO

No. 86-5315.

829 F.2d 1038 (1987)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jose Luis CASTRO, Alberto Duque, Gaston Pereira, Jaime Bayon, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

October 13, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Nields, Jr., Martin J. Weinstein and Richard A. Ripley, Howrey & Simon, Washington, D.C., for Jose Luis Castro.

John F. Evans and G. Richard Strafer, Zuckerman, Spaeder, Taylor & Evans, Coral Gables, Fla., and James Jay Hogan, Miami, Fla., for Alberto Duque.

Jeffrey D. Swartz, Miami, Fla. (Court-appointed), for Gaston Pereira.

Paul A. McKenna, Miami, Fla. (Court-appointed), for Jaime Bayon.

Leon B. Kellner, U.S. Atty., and Caroline Heck, Linda Collins Hertz and David O. Leiwant, Asst. U.S. Attys., Miami, Fla., for U.S.

Before RONEY, Chief Judge, and ANDERSON and EDMONDSON, Circuit Judges.


EDMONDSON, Circuit Judge:

This appeal arises from defendant-appellant Alberto Duque's desperate, and ultimately unsuccessful, efforts to keep both his own and his family's overextended business empires afloat financially. These efforts included obtaining falsely collateralized loans and engaging in insider bank fraud. After a six and one-half month long jury trial, defendants-appellants were convicted of various substantive offenses and of participating in a single...

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