United States Fifth Circuit
US v. Betancourt, 03-41590
Defendant must forfeit his interest in lottery winnings of over $5 million because the ticket was purchased with funds derived from drug trafficking.
Appellate Information
- Decided 08/17/2005
- Published 08/18/2005
Judges
- EDITH BROWN CLEMENT, Circuit Judge:, Before GARWOOD, SMITH and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Fifth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellees:
- John Richard Berry, Asst. U.S. Atty. (argued), James Lee Turner, Asst. U.S. Atty., Houston, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee., Baltazar Salazar (argued), Houston, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.