U.S. v. EDWARDS

Nos. 04-31210, 04-31212 and 04-31219.

442 F.3d 258 (2006)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Edwin EDWARDS, Defendant-Appellant. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Andrew Martin, Defendant-Appellant. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Stephen Edwards, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 1, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen A. Higginson, Asst. U.S. Atty. (argued), New Orleans, LA, for U.S.

Amy M. Adelson (argued), Nathan Z. Dershowitz, Dershowitz, Eiger, Adelson, New York City, Michael S. Fawer, Covington, LA, J. Michael Small, Law Offices of J. Michael Small, Alexandria, LA, for Edwin and Stephen Edwards.

Servando C. Garcia, III, Garcia & Bishop, Metairie, LA, for Martin.

Before KING, BARKSDALE and PRADO, Circuit Judges.


KING, Circuit Judge:

In this consolidated appeal, appellants Edwin Edwards, Stephen Edwards, and Andrew Martin challenge the district court's denial of their motions to vacate their sentences pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255 and the district court's denial of an evidentiary hearing to determine whether the government withheld exculpatory evidence during their criminal trial in violation of Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83, 83...

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