U.S. v. BANKSTON

Nos. 97-31057, 98-30471.

182 F.3d 296 (1999)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant, v. Larry S. BANKSTON; Maria F. Goodson, Defendants-Appellants-Cross-Appellees, Carl W. Cleveland; Fred H. Goodson, Defendants-Appellants. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Maria F. Goodson, Defendant-Appellant, Alexandros F. Goodson; Truck Stop Gaming Ltd., Intervenors-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied September 22, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen A. Higginson, Asst. U.S. Atty., New Orleans, LA, for United States.

Lewis O. Unglesby, Karl J. Koch, Unglesby & Koch, Baton Rouge, LA, for Bankston.

William H. Jeffress, Jr., Paul Francis Enzinna, Miller, Cassidy, Larroca & Lewin, Washington, DC, for Goodson.

Paul Mogin, Robert B. Barnett, Joseph G. Petrosinelli, Williams & Connolly, Washington, DC, Anthony J. Marabella, Jr., Baton Rouge, LA, for Cleveland.

Katherine G. Wheeler, Steffes & Macmurdo, Baton Rouge, LA, Richard George Crane, Nashville, TN, for Goodson.

Before KING, Chief Judge, and REAVLEY and BENAVIDES, Circuit Judges.


BENAVIDES, Circuit Judge:

Larry Bankston ("Bankston"), Fred Goodson, Maria Goodson, and Carl Cleveland ("Cleveland") appeal from their June 27, 1997, convictions and October 15, 1997, sentences for various offenses related to criminal activity in the Louisiana video poker industry. Fred Goodson and Cleveland, along with Alex Goodson, Maria Goodson, and Truck Stop Gaming, Inc. ("TSG, Inc."), additionally appeal the district court's judgment of forfeiture of Truck Stop...

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