UNITED STATES v. BURKE

Nos. 72-3742, 73-1045.

495 F.2d 1226 (1974)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James BURKE, Louis Lopez and Henry Hill, Defendants-Appellants. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Raul CHARBONIER and Luis Charbonier, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearings Denied August 9, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barry A. Cohen, Paul Antinori, Tampa, Fla., for James Burke et al.

Raymond E. LaPorte, Tampa, Fla., for Raul Charbonier and Luis Charbonier.

John L. Briggs, U. S. Atty., Jacksonville, Fla., Claude H. Tison, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., Tampa, Fla., for the United States.

Before WISDOM, AINSWORTH and GEE, Circuit Judges.


GEE, Circuit Judge:

On appeal from their conviction for various gambling and extortion offenses, appellants raise issues of sufficiency of the evidence, admission of inadmissible hearsay, denial of the right to confrontation, failure to sever the trial of Burke, Hill and Lopez from the trial of Raul and Luis Charbonier, prosecutorial misconduct, improper jury instructions, and collateral estoppel. Concluding that their contentions are meritless, we affirm the convictions...

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