U.S. v. BURNS

Nos. 96-20873, 97-20288.

162 F.3d 840 (1998)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Willie BURNS; Martanette Alexander; Gregory Eugene August; Earline Montgomery, Defendants-Appellants. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Gregory Eugene AUGUST, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 9, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paula Camille Offenhauser, Asst. U.S. Atty., Alice Ann Burns, Asst. U.S. Atty., Houston TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Marc Christopher Carter, Houston, TX, for Willie Burns.

Kenneth Eugene McCoy, Houston, TX, for Martanette Alexander.

Roland E. Dahlin, II, Federal Public Defender, Richard O. Ely, Houston, TX, for Gregory Eugene August.

Sylvia Turner Yarborough, Houston, TX, for Earline Montgomery,

Before KING, EMILIO M. GARZA and DeMOSS, Circuit Judges.


DeMOSS, Circuit Judge:

In this appeal we are asked to review the convictions of four appellants who were found guilty of defrauding the Resolution Trust Corporation ("RTC") and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ("FDIC"). Two of those appellants also ask us to review the propriety of their sentences. For the following reasons we affirm the appellants' convictions and sentences.

I.

Appellant Gregory August ("August") was the owner and chief...

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