U.S. v. SHOTTS

No. 96-6634.

145 F.3d 1289 (1998)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jesse Woodrow SHOTTS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

July 10, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nathan Z. Dershowitz, Amy Adelson, Dershowitz & Eiger, New York City, John A. Lentine, Wooten & Lentine, P.C., Birmingham, AL, for Defendant-Appellant.

C. Douglas Jones, U.S. Atty., Michael V. Rasmussen, Asst. U.S. Atty., Birmingham, AL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Before BLACK, Circuit Judge, and HILL and HENDERSON, Senior Circuit Judges.


HILL, Senior Circuit Judge:

Jessee W. Shotts appeals his convictions and sentences on various counts of mail fraud and obstruction of justice. For the following reasons, we affirm in part and reverse in part.

I.

Jessee W. Shotts is a criminal defense attorney in Birmingham, Alabama. In the 1980's, he also ran a bail bond business called J & J Bonding Co. In 1990, the Alabama Supreme Court promulgated a rule that prohibited attorneys from having...

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