UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
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No. 97-31035
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff-Appellee,
versus
JOHN D. MADDEN, also known as J.D.,
Defendant-Appellant.
(consolidated with)
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97-31036
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff-Appellee,
versus
MATTHEW MADDEN, also known as Buck,
Defendant-Appellant.
Appeals from the United States District Court
for the Western District of Louisiana
(96-CR-10020)
July 14, 1998
Before POLITZ, Chief Judge, WISDOM and DUHÉ, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:*
These consolidated matters are before the court on appeal of the denial of
motions to dismiss based on misconduct of state officials, including a prosecutor
and a police officer who became the de facto federal case agent. Having considered
the briefs and very professional oral arguments of counsel, and pertinent parts of
the record, and without approving or condoning the challenged actions of the state
prosecutor and state police officer but, rather, deploring same, under the facts as
found and authorities cited by the magistrate judge as approved by the district
court, the judgments appealed are AFFIRMED.
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Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the Court has determined that this opinion should not be
published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR.
R. 47.5.4.
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