UNITED STATES v. PIKE

No. 74-4208.

523 F.2d 734 (1975)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Lewis Clinton PIKE, Ozane Smith, Clarence Eugene Huey, James Eldridge Hosmer, William Hundley Baker, III, Joseph Earl Taunton and Robert Mace Lee, a/k/a "Bill Bob," defendants-appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied December 29, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roger A. Brown, Birmingham, Ala., for Pike and Smith.

Herbert Shafer, Atlanta, Ga., for Huey.

Edward L. Ramsey, Birmingham, Ala., for Hosmer.

James H. Hard, IV, Birmingham, Ala., for Baker.

Mike McCormick, Edward L. Ramsey, Birmingham, Ala., for Taunton.

William H. Rohr, Birmingham, Ala., for Lee.

Fred Blanton, Jr., Birmingham, Ala., for Baker, Taunton and Hosmer.

Wayman G. Sherrer, U. S. Atty., Stephen Salter, Asst. U. S. Atty., Birmingham, Ala., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before BELL, THORNBERRY and MORGAN, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied December 29, 1975.

THORNBERRY, Circuit Judge:

Seven appellants challenge their federal gambling convictions. See 18 U.S.C. § 1955. All appellants argue that the district court's dismissal of count one of the indictment, charging a conspiracy, required dismissal of count two of the indictment, which set out the substantive gambling offense. Appellants Clinton Lewis Pike, Ozane Smith, and Robert Mace Lee challenge...

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