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U.S. v. CLEVELAND

Criminal Action No. 96-207.

951 F.Supp. 1249 (1997)

UNITED STATES of America v. Carl W. CLEVELAND, Fred H. Goodson, Maria F. Goodson, Joe H. Morgan, Benjamin Bura Rayburn, Sr. aka "B.B. Sixty Rayburn" and Larry S. Bankston.

United States District Court, E.D. Louisiana.

January 14, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony J. Marabella, Jr., Marabella & Moore, Baton Rouge, LA, for Carl W. Cleveland.

Marilyn Michele Fournet, Baton Rouge, LA, for Fred H. Goodson.

Katherine Wheeler, Steffes & MacMurdo, Baton Rouge, LA, James Michael Small, Law Offices of J. Michael Small, Alexandria, LA, for Maria F. Goodson.

Arthur A. Lemann, III, Arthur A. Lemann & Associates, New Orleans, LA, William R. Campbell, Jr., New Orleans, LA, Michael Seth Fawer, Smith, Jones & Fawer, New Orleans, LA, for Benjamin Bura Rayburn, Sr.

Christopher Mar Guidroz, Simon, Peragine, Smith & Redfearn, LLP, New Orleans, LA, George Shaddock, Pascagoula, MS, for Joe H. Morgan.

Karl J. Koch, Lewis O. Unglesby, Unglesby & Koch, Baton Rouge, LA, for Larry S. Bankston.

Ian Hipwell, U.S. Attorney's Office, Baton Rouge, LA, Robert J. Boitmann, U.S. Attorney's Office, New Orleans, LA, for U.S.

ORDER AND REASONS

VANCE, District Judge.

I. Introduction

This criminal case involves allegedly illegal activity in the video poker industry in Louisiana. The defendants are former Louisiana State Senators Benjamin ("B.B. Sixty") Rayburn and Larry S. Bankston; an attorney, Carl Cleveland; an accountant, Joe H. Morgan; and two alleged video poker entrepreneurs, Fred H. Goodson and his daughter, Maria F. Goodson.

The government charges...

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