United States DC Circuit

Convictions and sentences for conspiracy, theft from programs receiving federal funds and fraud, where defendants, a criminal defense attorney and her brother-investigator, signed out thousands of false witness vouchers to collect witness fees, are affirmed over claims that the district court erred in: 1) rejecting a motion to continue the trial; 2) its handling of voir dire; 3) admitting a portion of a witness's testimony; and 4) calculating a loss amount.

Appellate Information

• Argued 10/22/2007
• Decided 12/21/2007
• Published 12/21/2007

Judges

• Before:  RANDOLPH and KAVANAUGH, Circuit Judges, and WILLIAMS, Senior Circuit Judge.

Court

• United States DC Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Peter V. Taylor, appointed by the court, argued the cause for appellant Celicia Hoover-Hankerson.  Tony Axam, Jr., Assistant Federal Public Defender, argued the cause for appellant Benjamin Hoover.   With them on the briefs were A.J. Kramer, Federal Public Defender, and Danny C. Onorato.


• For Appellees:
  
• John C. O'Quinn, Deputy Associate Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice, argued the cause for appellee.   With him on the brief were Jeffrey A. Taylor, U.S. Attorney, and Roy W. McLeese, III and Steven J. Durham, Assistant U.S. Attorneys.