UNITED STATES v. PLEZIA

No. 23-20483.

115 F.4th 379 (2024)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Richard PLEZIA, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED August 22, 2024.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Audrey Lynn Maness, Carmen Castillo Mitchell, Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Texas, Houston, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Brent Evan Newton, I, Gaithersburg, MD, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before Higginbotham, Stewart, and Higginson, Circuit Judges.


Richard Plezia ("Plezia") challenges his convictions of conspiracy to defraud the United States, making false statements, and falsification of records in a federal investigation following a fifteen-day jury trial. He challenges the sufficiency of the evidence for some of the convictions, the district court's determination...

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