U.S. v. HEMMINGSON

Nos. 97-30552, 97-30598.

157 F.3d 347 (1998)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. John J. HEMMINGSON and Alvarez T. Ferrouillet, Jr., Defendants-Appellants. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. John J. HEMMINGSON and Alvarez T. Ferrouillet, Jr., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

September 30, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jacob Shaye Frenkel, Alexandria, VA, Charles M. Kagay, San Francisco, CA, Donald C. Smaltz, Wil Frentzen, Joseph P. Guichet, Office of Independent Counsel, Alexandria, VA, for U.S.

Robert Glass, Glass & Reed, New Orleans, LA, for Alvarez T. Ferrouillet, Jr.

Cynthia Eva Hujar Orr, Gerald H. Goldstein, Goldstein, Goldstein & Hilley, San Antonio, TX, William J. Mauzy, Mauzy Law Firm, Minneapolis, MN, for John J. Hemmingson.

Before JOLLY, SMITH and BARKSDALE, Circuit Judges.


JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:

John Hemmingson and Alvarez Ferrouillet, Jr., challenge their convictions of money-laundering; Ferrouillet also challenges his sentence. The government, through the Office of the Independent Counsel, appeals the sentences. We affirm.

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