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U.S. v. BARLOW

Nos. 93-2411, 93-2474.

41 F.3d 935 (1994)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Douglas Lee BARLOW a/k/a Douglas Lee Barlow, a/k/a Henry Gibbons, and William Heber LeBaron, a/k/a Heber LeBaron, etc., Defendants-Appellants. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Patricia LeBARON, a/k/a Trish LeBaron, a/k/a Valerie Davis, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 20, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter John Barbaro (court-appointed), Houston, TX, for Barlow.

George McCall Secrest (court-appointed), David Cunningham, Houston, TX, for LeBaron.

Michael T. Shelby, Asst. U.S. Atty., Lawrence Finder, U.S. Atty., Houston, TX, for appellee.

Before REYNALDO G. GARZA, WIENER and EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

In this direct criminal appeal, we are called upon for the first time to interpret the reach of 18 U.S.C. § 247. In particular, we are asked to rule whether, as used in that statute, "the free exercise of religion" comprehends not only the right actively to select and practice the religion of one's choice, but also the right passively to refrain from practicing a particular religion or to disassociate one's self from one's former religion. We hold...

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