U.S. v. GRANT

No. 11-20013.

683 F.3d 639 (2012)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Howard GRANT, Obisike Nwankwo, Clinton Lee, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 8, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joshua Stephen Johnson (argued), Nina Goodman , Crim. Div., Ellen R. Meltzer , Sp. Counsel, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Plaintiff-Appellee.

George D. Murphy, Jr. (argued), Edmond Nwamdi O'Suji (argued), David P. Cunningham (argued), Houston, TX, for Defendants-Appellants.

Before GARZA, DENNIS and HIGGINSON, Circuit Judges.


HIGGINSON, Circuit Judge:

After a jury trial, defendants Dr. Howard Grant ("Grant"), Obisike Nwankwo ("Nwankwo"), and Clinton Lee ("Lee") were convicted of conspiracy to commit health care fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1349. Grant also was convicted of two counts of aiding and abetting health care fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1347 and 2.

Grant, Nwankwo, and Lee each appeal their convictions, claiming insufficiency of the evidence....

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