UNITED STATES v. MARRIFIELD

No. 73-3464. Summary Calendar.

496 F.2d 1278 (1974)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Robert Waring MARRIFIELD, John Hobart McEarchern, Roy Wayne Nelson, Sam Lee Presley, Joseph Paul Poulos, Jr., and Albert Lowry Slaughter, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 12, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas M. Haas, Mobile, Ala. (Court-appointed), for Marrifield, McEarchern, Poulos, and Slaughter.

Charles S. White-Spunner, U.S. Atty., Mobile, Ala., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before GEWIN, GODBOLD and CLARK, Circuit Judges.


CLARK, Circuit Judge:

Defendants were jointly indicted for unlawfully conducting a gambling business in a mobile home-casino located in a remote section of Baldwin County, Alabama near the Florida border. In a single proceeding, the six persons indicted as confederates were convicted upon pleas of not guilty before a jury and assessed various terms of imprisonment for violation of 18 U.S.C.A. § 1955 (Supp.1974). Because we have concluded that their consolidated...

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