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UNITED STATES v. SOMERS

Nos. 73-1523 to 73-1526.

496 F.2d 723 (1974)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. William T. SOMERS et al., Appellant in No. 73-1523. Appeal of Karlos R. LaSANE in No. 73-1524. Appeal of Arthur W. PONZIO in No. 73-1525. Appeal of Germaine E. FISHER in No. 73-1526.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided March 27, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John G. Graham, McGlynn, Ruprecht & Graham, Newark, N. J., for appellant in No. 73-1523.

William Goddard Lashman, Atlantic City, N. J., for appellant in No. 73-1524.

Burton A. Rose, A. Charles Peruto, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellant in No. 73-1525.

John W. Noonan, Noonan & Flynn, Newark, N. J., for appellant in No. 73-1526.

Jonathan L. Goldstein, U. S. Atty., Newark, N. J., for appellee in all cases.

Herbert J. Stern, Former U. S. Atty., John J. Barry, Richard S. Zackin, Richard D. Shapiro, Asst. U. S. Attys., Newark, New Jersey, attorneys for appellee.

Before HASTIE, HUNTER and GARTH, Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

GARTH, Circuit Judge.

On May 14, 1972, a federal grand jury returned a twenty-six count indictment against William T. Somers, Richard S. Jackson, Arthur W. Ponzio, Karlos LaSane, Robert Glass, Germaine Fisher and Florence Clark. Count 1 of the indictment charged the seven defendants with conspiring to violate the Hobbs Act, 18 U.S.C. § 19511 by obtaining through...

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