Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit December 16, 1983, 82-1625 (United States v. James Cockrell)

JERRE S. WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge.

Petitioner, James Cockrell, was convicted in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas of conspiracy to defraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371 and fifteen substantive offenses committed in furtherance of the conspiracy, consisting of mail fraud, wire fraud, and interstate transportation of checks taken by fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C.