UNITED STATES v. WELLMAN

No. 20-5876.

26 F.4th 339 (2022)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Timothy Wayne WELLMAN, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: February 11, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Kent Wicker , DRESSMAN BENZINGER LA VELLE PSC, Louisville, Kentucky, for Appellant. James T. Chapman , UNITED STATES ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, Lexington, Kentucky, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Kent Wicker , William H. Brammell, Jr. , Kayla M. Campbell , DRESSMAN BENZINGER LA VELLE PSC, Louisville, Kentucky, for Appellant. James T. Chapman , Charles P. Wisdom, Jr. , UNITED STATES ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, Lexington, Kentucky, for Appellee.

Before: GIBBONS, WHITE, and READLER, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

At first blush, this case has the familiar attributes of a classic bribery scheme: public officeholders raising money, a lucrative public contract, and suspicious campaign contributions to those officeholders from a company seeking the contract. Those attributes led federal authorities to open a...

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