U.S. v. MORRIS

Nos. 94-60673, 94-60674.

79 F.3d 409 (1996)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Thomas MORRIS, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 20, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mervyn Hamburg, Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, Alfred E. Moreton, U.S. Atty., Charles W. Spillers, Asst. U.S. Atty., Oxford, MS, for appellant.

Robert B. McDuff, Jackson, MS, Johnnie E. Walls, Jr., Greenville, MS, for appellee.

Before WIENER, EMILIO M. GARZA and BENAVIDES, Circuit Judges.


BENAVIDES, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff-appellant United States ("Government") appeals the orders of the district court granting defendant-appellee Thomas Morris ("Morris") an acquittal on a perjury charge and ordering the exclusion of evidence on retrial of other charges. We will affirm.

BACKGROUND

Morris, an attorney practicing in Mississippi, was charged in a five-count indictment with conspiracy to commit money laundering (Count I), money laundering...

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