U.S. v. BENTLEY-SMITH

No. 91-3427.

2 F.3d 1368 (1993)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Thomas BENTLEY-SMITH and Edsil M. Elledge, Jr., a/k/a Ken Elledge, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied October 20, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cyrus J. Greco and Peter T. Dudley, Greco & Greco, Baton Rouge, LA, for Thomas Bentley-Smith.

Edsil M. Elledge, Jr., pro se.

John P. Calmes, Jr., Baton Rouge, LA, for Edsil M. Elledge, Jr.

Howard P. Stewart, Environmental Crimes Section, Washington, DC, James S. Lemelle, Asst. U.S. Atty., Baton Rouge, LA, Jeffrey P. Kehne, Appellate Section, Edward J. Shawaker, Asst. Sec. Chief, Appellate Section, Environment & Natural Resources Div., Washington, DC, for U.S.

Before JOHNSON, SMITH, and EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Following a jury trial, Ken Elledge and Thomas Bentley-Smith were convicted of conspiring to illegally transport hazardous waste and illegally transporting hazardous materials. Bentley-Smith was also convicted of storing hazardous material without a permit. The defendants raise several issues in this appeal. Finding no reversible error, we affirm.

I. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

During early 1983, the Louisiana Department of Agriculture...

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