Opinion ID: 352530
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Heading: Sufficiency of Maheu's Rebuttal Evidence.

Text: 64 Summa argues that Maheu's evidence in rebuttal to Summa's prima facie showing of criminal conduct in regard to four other transactions was inadequate to support the verdict. Those four instances are (1) Maheu's overbilling for a Tucson guard operation; (2) the disappearance of $50,000, an alleged cash contribution for former Vice-President Humphrey; (3) the disappearance of $50,000 withdrawn from the Hughes-owned Sands Hotel; and (4) misuse of Summa employees. 65 In response to those accusations, Maheu testified (1) that Hughes told him to make a substantial profit on the guard operations, that he was not to disclose the profit to Hughes' executives, and that therefore the profit was disguised in the form of overbilling; (2) that he delivered the $50,000 in cash to Vice-President Humphrey by leaving it in an attache case in his limousine; (3) that he never received $50,000 from the Sands Hotel; and finally, (4) that Hughes knew about his use of Summa employees and approved. Assuming that the jury believed Maheu's version, and the verdict indicates that they did, Maheu's rebuttal evidence was sufficient. 66