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U.S. v. RICO INDUSTRIES, INC.

No. 87-6117.

854 F.2d 710 (1988)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. RICO INDUSTRIES, INC., and Richard Hughes Wilkins, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied October 11, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Kratzig, Corpus Christi, Tex., for Rico.

J.A. Canales, Nancy M. Simonson, Corpus Christi, Tex., for Wilkins.

Paula C. Offenhauser, Asst. U.S. Atty., Henry K. Oncken, U.S. Atty., Howard Steward, Asst. U.S. Atty., Houston, Tex., for plaintiff-appellee.

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

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied October 11, 1988.

CLARK, Chief Judge:

Appellants, Richard Hughes Wilkins and Rico Industries, Inc. (Rico), were convicted of seven counts of mail fraud in connection with the purchase of natural gas by Wilkins' employer, Lone Star Gas Company (Lone Star). Wilkins and Rico secretly received kickbacks from a contract Wilkins negotiated on behalf of Lone Star. Wilkins and Rico challenge their convictions and the district...

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