UNITED STATES v. GOFF

Nos. 74-2648, 74-2847.

509 F.2d 825 (1975)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Lorchid GOFF, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Deola R. RICHARDSON, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied April 9, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard B. Sobol, Anne Pardee Buxton, Leesburg, Va., David J. Dennis, New Orleans, La., Richard T. Seymour, Washington, D. C., Jack Greenberg, Charles Stephen Ralston, New York City, for defendants-appellants.

Gerald J. Gallinghouse, U. S. Atty., James J. O'Connor, Mary Williams Cazalas, Asst. U. S. Attys., New Orleans, La., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before THORNBERRY, COLEMAN and ROSENN, Circuit Judges.


THORNBERRY, Circuit Judge:

In these appeals two criminal defendants claim that we must reverse their mail fraud convictions1 since the jury selection process in their cases violated the standards of the Jury Selection Act of 1968. 28 U.S.C. § 1861 et seq. In the district court, appellants properly filed a timely motion to dismiss the indictments for failure to comply with the Jury Selection Act. 28 U.S.C. § 1867(a). They based...

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