UNITED STATES v. BARRENTINE

No. 77-5763.

591 F.2d 1069 (1979)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jack Earl BARRENTINE, Pauline Crenshaw, Lillie Belle Griggs, Bobby Joe Lee, Olin Whitaker, Jr., a/k/a "Sugar Boy," Lucille Clark, Barbara Singleton Smith, Dean Rene Peters, Walter Richard Smith, Jr., a/k/a Bobby Smith, Dora Thomas, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 22, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael E. Garner, Columbus, Ga. (Court-appointed), Clark retained for Peters (Court-appointed for Barrentine, Clark, Crenshaw, Griggs, Lee & Whitaker only).

John A. Nuckolls, Atlanta, Ga., for Barbara Singleton Smith, and Walter Richard Smith.

Barry E. Teague, U. S. Atty., D. Broward Segrest, Asst. U. S. Atty., Montgomery, Ala., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before MORGAN, RONEY and VANCE, Circuit Judges.


VANCE, Circuit Judge.

Eighteen individuals1 were indicted on three counts in the Middle District of Alabama on September 27, 1977. The first count charged a conspiracy under 18 U.S.C. § 371. It alleged that defendants conspired to transport gambling paraphernalia in interstate commerce in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1953 and to conduct an illegal gambling business in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1955. The second count charged defendants...

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