U.S. v. HICKMAN

Nos. 02-20174, 02-20196.

331 F.3d 439 (2003)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Joyce Lee HICKMAN, also known as Joyce Saunders, Defendant-Appellant. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Joyce Lee Hickman, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

May 16, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Renata Ann Gowie (argued) and James Lee Turner, Asst. U.S. Attys., Houston, TX, for Plaintiff-Apellee.

Roland E. Dahlin, II, Fed. Pub. Def., Brent Evan Newton, Asst. Fed. Pub. Def., Houston, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before HIGGINBOTHAM, EMILIO M. GARZA and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.


EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judge:

Joyce Lee Hickman, also known as Joyce Saunders, was indicted for thirty-two counts of health care fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1347, by two separate grand juries. The two cases were consolidated for trial and a jury convicted Hickman on all counts. Her convictions were based on a series of fraudulent transactions billed from 1995 to 2001, by her umbrella company, Total Medical Management, to Medicare, Medicaid, and private...

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