UNITED STATES v. WHITEHEAD

Nos. 78-5160 to 78-5162.

618 F.2d 523 (1980)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Joseph Motley WHITEHEAD, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Wayne HOLLEY, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Aubrey HENDERSON, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided March 20, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Epstein, Washington, D. C. (Mary Beth Schiffman, David Kolman Tochen, Washington, D. C., Joseph R. Johnson, Jr., Lynchburg, Va., on brief), for appellant Whitehead.

William Rosenberger, Jr., Lynchburg, Va. (Killis T. Howard, Richard E. Spies, Lynchburg, Va., on brief), for appellant Henderson.

George H. Fralin, Jr., Norman A. Kinnier, Lynchburg, Va., on brief, for appellant Holley.

Robert S. Stubbs, Asst. U. S. Atty., Roanoke, Va. (Paul R. Thomson, Jr., U. S. Atty., Roanoke, Va., on brief), for appellee.

Before WINTER, RUSSELL and HALL, Circuit Judges.


K. K. HALL, Circuit Judge:

Appellants were convicted, following a month-long trial, of violating the federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization statute, 18 U.S.C. § 1962(c) [RICO], by promoting an interstate prostitution ring through a bribery scheme, and of conspiracy to commit that offense, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1962(d).1 Appellant Henderson was also convicted of four counts of violating 18 U.S.C. § 1952...

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