U.S. v. COX

No. 91-9139.

995 F.2d 1041 (1993)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Cary V. COX, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

July 20, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry J. Fox, Jr., Asst. U.S. Atty., Macon, GA, for U.S.

Peter Zack Geer, Albany, GA, for Cox.

Before TJOFLAT, Chief Judge, CARNES, Circuit Judge, and JOHNSON, Senior Circuit Judge.


TJOFLAT, Chief Judge:

A federal jury convicted a Georgia county sheriff on twenty counts of mail fraud for floating his personal credit card debts through payments from a county-funded checking account for over four years. The United States appeals the district court's grant of a new trial. We reverse.

I.

Appellee Cary V. Cox served as Sheriff of Mitchell County, Georgia, and Thelma Wingate served as his secretary, during all relevant times. The...

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