U.S. v. OTI

No. 16-10386.

872 F.3d 678 (2017)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Elechi N. OTI; Theodore E. Okechuku; Kelvin L. Rutledge; Emmanuel C. Iwuoha, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Filed October 3, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gail A. Hayworth , James Wesley Hendrix , Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office, Dallas, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Dianne Kathryn Jones McVay, Esq. , Jones McVay Law Firm, P.L.L.C., Dallas, TX, for Elechi N. Oti.

Delonia Anita Watson , Law Office of Delonia A. Watson, Fort Worth, TX, for Theodore E. Okechuku.

Bruce Edward Anton , Sorrels, Udashen & Anton, Dallas, TX, for Kelvin L. Rutledge.

F. Clinton Broden , Broden & Mickelsen, Dallas, TX, for Emmanuel C. Iwuoha.

Before JOLLY, ELROD, Circuit Judges, and STARRETT, District Judge.


After a two-week jury trial, Defendant-Appellants Theodore Okechuku, Elechi Oti, Emmanuel Iwuoha, and Kevin Rutledge were convicted of conspiring to unlawfully distribute hydrocodone outside the scope of professional practice and without a legitimate medical purpose as part of an alleged pill mill. Okechuku...

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