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UNITED STATES v. STOKES

No. 74-1315.

506 F.2d 771 (1975)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Charles Cary STOKES, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 20, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Manley F. Brown, H. T. O'Neal, Jr., James D. Hudson, Macon, Ga., for defendant-appellant.

William J. Schloth, U. S. Atty., Macon, Ga., John F. Conroy, Washington, D. C., Ronald T. Knight, Asst. U. S. Atty., Macon, Ga., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before GODBOLD and MORGAN, Circuit Judges, and JOHNSON, District Judge.

LEWIS R. MORGAN, Circuit Judge:

Charles Cary Stokes brings this appeal from his conviction by a jury for violation of Title 18 U.S.C. § 242,1 which makes criminal the willful deprivation of constitutional rights by any person, acting under color of law. We affirm.

I.

At the time of the acts giving rise to his conviction, Stokes was employed as a police officer by the City...

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