U.S. v. VERNON

Nos. 12-12767, 12-13266 and 12-13311.

723 F.3d 1234 (2013)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Chris VERNON, Defendant-Appellee. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Butch Brill, Defendant-Appellant. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jeff Vernon, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

July 26, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher B. Brinson , Kenyen Ray Brown , Donna Barrow Dobbins , Charles A. Baer , Christopher John Bodnar , Gregory A. Bordenkircher , Deidre L. Colson , Adam W. Overstreet , U.S. Attys. Mobile, AL, Sangita K. Rao , U.S. Dept. of Justice, Vijay Shanker , U.S. Dept. of Justice, Crim. Div., Washington, DC, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Ivan B. Cooper , Jackson Roger Sharman, III , Tenley E. Armstrong , Jeffrey Paul Doss , Lightfoot, Franklin & White, LLC, Birmingham, AL, Dennis J. Knizley, Mobile, AL, for Defendant-Appellee in No. 12-12767.

Neil L. Hanley (Court-Appointed), Hanley Law Firm, Mobile, AL, for Defendant-Appellant in No. 12-13266.

James R. Sturdivant , Robert R. Baugh , Sara Elizabeth Lee Liles , Sirote & Permutt, PC, Birmingham, AL, John T. Brennan, Jr. , David W. O'Brien , Crowell & Moring, LLP, Washington, DC, for Defendant-Appellant in No. 12-13311.

Before HULL and PRYOR, Circuit Judges, and SCHLESINGER, District Judge.


HULL, Circuit Judge:

These three consolidated appeals arise from a single prosecution involving health care fraud and violations of the Anti-Kickback laws regulating Alabama Medicaid, which is funded in part by the United States government. Defendant Jeff Vernon appeals his convictions on numerous grounds, including the district court's denial of his motion for a judgment of acquittal under Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure...

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