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U.S. v. THREADGILL

No. 97-40241.

172 F.3d 357 (1999)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant, v. Walter Matthew THREADGILL, Jr.; Walter Matthew Threadgill, III; Michael Glenn Rigler; Timothy Ray Klement; Mark Victor Threadgill, Defendants-Appellants-Cross-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 13, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Heather Harris Rattan, Clifford Benjamin Stricklin, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Sherman, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant.

Richard Allen Wright, Las Vegas, NV, for Walter Matthew Threadgill, Jr.

Gerald A. Banks, Dallas, TX, for Walter Matthew Threadgill, III.

William B. Sullivant, Sullivant, Sullivant, Meurer & Shaw, Gainsville, TX, for Michael Glenn Rigler.

Belvin R. Harris, Gainesville, TX, Aileen Rachelle Goldman, Jack Gordon Kennedy, Kennedy, Minshew, Campbell & Morris, Sherman, TX, for Timothy Ray Klement.

Robert Reddick Smith, Jr., Law Office of Robert R. Smith, Dallas, TX, for Mark Victor Threadgill.

Before REYNALDO G. GARZA, JONES and DeMOSS, Circuit Judges.

DeMOSS, Circuit Judge:

In this appeal we are asked to review the convictions and sentences of five defendants who operated a gambling operation in Gainesville, Texas. We also are presented with a cross-appeal from the government, challenging the district court's decision to depart downward at sentencing. As explained in this opinion, we detect no infirmity in the defendants' convictions or sentences, and affirm.

I.

On February 15, 1996, a federal...

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