U.S. v. ADAMS

Nos. 11-5291, 11-5308, 11-5311, 11-5312, 11-5313, 11-5336, 11-5337, 11-5366.

722 F.3d 788 (2013)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Douglas C. ADAMS (11-5291), Russell Cletus Maricle (11-5308), William E. Stivers aka Al Man (11-5311), Charles Wayne Jones (11-5312), Freddy W. Thompson (11-5313), William B. Morris aka Bart Morris (11-5336), Stanley Bowling (11-5337), and Debra L. Morris, aka Debbie (11-5366), Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: July 17, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: John D. Cline , Law Office of John D. Cline, San Francisco, California, Trevor W. Wells , Miller Wells PLLC, Lexington, Kentucky, Jason R. Barclay , Barnes & Thornburg LLP, Indianapolis, Indiana, for Appellants. Scott A.C. Meisler , United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Appellee. ON BRIEF: John D. Cline , Law Office of John D. Cline, San Francisco, California, R. Kent Westberry , Bennett E. Bayer , Landrum & Shouse LLP, Louisville, Kentucky for Appellant in 11-5291. Trevor W. Wells , Miller Wells PLLC, Lexington, Kentucky, Russell J. Baldani , Baldani, Rowland, & Richardson, Lexington, Kentucky, for Appellant in 11-5313. Jason R. Barclay , Larry A. Mackey , Barnes & Thornburg LLP, Indianapolis, Indiana, for Appellant in 11-5337. Martin S. Pinales , Candace C. Crouse , Strauss Troy, LPA, Cincinnati, Ohio, for Appellant in 11-5308. Robert L. Abell , Lexington, Kentucky, for Appellant in 11-5311. Scott White , Morgan & Pottinger, P.S.C., Lexington, Kentucky, for Appellant in 11-5312. Jerry W. Gilbert , Coy, Gilbert & Gilbert, Richmond, Kentucky, for Appellant in 11-5336. Elizabeth S. Hughes , Gess, Mattingly & Atchison, PSC, Lexington, Kentucky, for Appellant in 11-5366. Scott A.C. Meisler , United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., Charles P. Wisdom, Jr. , United States Attorney's Office, Lexington, Kentucky, for Appellee.

Before: NORRIS, MOORE, and DONALD, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

KAREN NELSON MOORE, Circuit Judge.

After a seven-week trial, a jury convicted Douglas C. Adams, Russell Cletus Maricle, William E. Stivers, Charles Wayne Jones, Freddy W. Thompson, William B. Morris, Stanley Bowling, and Debra L. Morris on every charge levied against them by the government. Based on cumulative error from the district court's evidentiary rulings identified in this opinion, we VACATE defendants' convictions on all counts...

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