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U.S. v. WHITFIELD

No. 07-60748.

590 F.3d 325 (2009)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. John H. WHITFIELD; Paul S. Minor; Walter W. Teel, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 11, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elizabeth D. Collery (argued), U.S. Dept. of Justice, Crim. Div., Washington, DC, David Harrison Fulcher, Jackson, MS, Ruth R. Morgan, Asst. U.S. Atty., Gulfport, MS, for U.S.

David Neil McCarty, David Neil McCarty Law Firm, P.L.L.C., Drew McLemore Martin, Melissa Selman Martin, Martin Law Firm, Jackson, MS, for Whitfield.

Abbe David Lowell (argued), McDermott, Will & Emory, Washington, DC, Hiram C. Eastland, Jr., Eastland Law Offices, Greenwood, MS, for Minor.

George Lowrey Lucas, Sr. Lit. Counsel (argued), Fed. Pub. Def., Jackson, MS, for Teel.

Before GARWOOD, BENAVIDES and HAYNES, Circuit Judges.

GARWOOD, Circuit Judge:

Defendants-appellants, attorney Paul Minor and former Mississippi state judges John Whitfield and Walter ("Wes") Teel, were charged with participating in two separate bribery schemes in which Minor arranged, guaranteed, and eventually paid off loans for Whitfield and Teel, allegedly in order to corruptly influence the outcome of cases Minor filed in their courts. A jury found all three appellants guilty of conspiracy in violation of 18 U.S...

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