Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit August 23, 2002, 01-30036 (United States v. Edwin Edwards Stephen Edwards Cecil Brown Andrew Martin Bobby Johnson)

BENAVIDES, Circuit Judge:

After a long, complex trial, the former governor of Louisiana, his son, and several of his associates were convicted for their roles in various schemes to make money from Louisiana’s riverboat gambling license process by exploiting the former governor’s apparent ability to influence that process.