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CALHOUN v. UNITED STATES

No. 20571.

368 F.2d 59 (1966)

Lesley Howard CALHOUN, Thomas Edgar Haas, Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied December 29, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herman M. Adams, Las Vegas, Nev., for appellant Lesley Calhoun.

Keith C. Hayes, Las Vegas, Nev., for appellant Thomas Haas.

John W. Bonner, U. S. Atty., Robt. S. Linnell, Asst. U. S. Atty., Las Vegas, Nev., for appellee.

Before BARNES, DUNIWAY, and ELY, Circuit Judges.

ELY, Circuit Judge.

In a jury trial, appellants were each convicted of two offenses against the United States. Both of them were convicted of the charge that they engaged, with a codefendant named Clounche, in a conspiracy to violate the federal prohibition against interstate transmission of extortionate communications. 18 U.S.C. § 875(d); 18 U.S.C. § 371. Each was also convicted of extortion. 18 U.S.C. § 1952. Penalties of two concurrent three-year...

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