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U.S. v. CESSA

No. 16-50326.

856 F.3d 370 (2017)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Francisco Antonio Colorado CESSA, also known as Francisco Colorado Cessa, also known as Pancho, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED May 5, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph H. Gay, Jr. , Elizabeth Berenguer , Assistant U.S. Attorneys, U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Texas, San Antonio, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

John D. Cline , San Francisco, CA, Chris Flood, Flood & Flood, Houston, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before DAVIS, CLEMENT, and COSTA, Circuit Judges.

After a jury convicted him of laundering money for the Los Zetas cartel, Francisco Antonio Colorado Cessa was facing sentencing before a federal judge in Austin. Before that hearing, the FBI received a tip about a plan to bribe the judge in exchange for a reduced sentence. A sting operation followed that resulted in bribery...

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