U.S. v. JONES

Nos. 87-5556, 87-5575.

837 F.2d 1332 (1988)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. Milton F. JONES, Defendant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. Charles CAMPION & Bernard Campion, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 22, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Todd Foster, Sp. Asst. U.S. Atty., San Antonio, Tex., Samuel Rosenthal, Chief, Appellate Section, Crim. Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for U.S.

Bernard Campion, Charles Campion, San Antonio, Tex., pro se.

Before GARZA, REAVLEY and DAVIS, Circuit Judges.


REAVLEY, Circuit Judge:

Bernard and Charles Campion represented Milton Jones at his trial for engaging in a racketeering enterprise. Following Jones' conviction, the district court held that certain property owned by Jones and forfeited to the government under 18 U.S.C. § 1963, was exempt from forfeiture in order to pay the Campions' reasonable attorneys' fees. The government appeals this judgment. We affirm.

I.

In September 1986 Jones was convicted...

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