U.S. v. ALLEN

No. 94-20403.

76 F.3d 1348 (1996)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Willia ALLEN, Lloyd Swift and Frank C. Cihak, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 27, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas S. Berg, Asst. Federal Public Defender, Roland E. Dahlin, II, Federal Public Defender, Houston, TX, for Willia Allen.

David Paul Cunningham, (Court Appointed), Houston, TX, for Lloyd Swift.

Marjorie A. Meyers, Robert C. Bennett, George McCall Secrest, Jr., Bennett, Secrest & Meyers, Houston, TX, for Cihak.

Richard A. Friedman, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, Paula C. Offenhauser, Asst. U.S. Atty., Gaynelle G. Jones, U.S. Atty., James L. Turner, Asst. U.S. Atty., Houston, TX, for Appellee.

Before REAVLEY, HIGGINBOTHAM and BARKSDALE, Circuit Judges.


PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:

This case involves an elaborate series of interlocking schemes to defraud various banks, particularly First City National Bank of Houston, of substantial sums of money. A grand jury returned a 34-count indictment against Frank Cihak, Lloyd Swift, and Willia Allen. After an eight week trial, the district court dismissed one of the counts and submitted the remaining 33 to the jury. The jury found the defendants guilty on all ...

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