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U.S. v. HATCH

Nos. 90-4184, 90-4286.

926 F.2d 387 (1991)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Bernard J. HATCH, Jr., Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Kenneth Larry AVERITT, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 28, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Domingue, Baton Rouge, La., Frank T. Salter, Jr., Salter, Streete & Hale, Lake Charles, La., for Bernard J. Hatch, Jr.

Edward J. Castaing, Jr., New Orleans, La. (Court-appointed), for Kenneth Larry Averitt.

Josette L. Cassiere, William J. Flanigan, Asst. U.S. Attys., and Joseph S. Cage, Jr., U.S. Atty., Shreveport, La., for U.S.

Before JOHNSON, WILLIAMS, and HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judges.

JERRE S. WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:

A federal grand jury returned a fourteen count indictment against appellant Kenneth Larry Averitt, Sheriff of Union Parish, Louisiana. The first two counts also indicted appellant Bernard J. Hatch, Jr., who allegedly had been hired by the sheriff to consult on the construction of a new jail. They were both charged with mail fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1341, and conspiracy to commit mail fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C...

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