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UNITED STATES v. HESS

Nos. 23-1008, 23-1069 Nos. 23-1009, 23-1078.

106 F.4th 1011 (2024)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Megan HESS, Defendant-Appellant. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Shirley Koch, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

FILED July 2, 2024.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jacob Rasch-Chabot (Virginia L. Grady, with him on the brief) of Office of the Federal Public Defender, Denver, Colorado, for Defendant-Appellant in 23-1008 and 23-1069.

Elizabeth S. Ford Milani (Cole Finegan, with her on the brief) of United States Attorney's Office, Denver, Colorado, for Plaintiff-Appellee in 23-1008 and 23-1069.

Submitted on the briefs:*

K. L. Penix of Alderman Law Firm, Fort Collins, Colorado, for Defendant-Appellant in 23-1009 and 23-1078.

Elizabeth S. Ford Milani (Cole Finegan, with her on the brief) of United States Attorney's Office, Denver, Colorado, for Plaintiff-Appellee in 23-1009 and 23-1078.

Before PHILLIPS, SEYMOUR, and MURPHY, Circuit Judges.

Funeral-home owner and operator Megan Hess and her employee-mother, Shirley Koch, pleaded guilty to mail fraud for fraudulently obtaining, selling, and shipping dead bodies and body parts to medical research, plastination, and body-broker companies. Despite the Defendants' reaching plea agreements with the government that...

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