UNITED STATES v. JOSEPH

No. 74-1156.

519 F.2d 1068 (1975)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. John JOSEPH, Bryan Roberts, Milton Kothman, Victor Ganem, Richard Dick, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

September 22, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward J. Ganem, Victoria, Tex., for Ganem.

J. Edwin Smith, Houston, Tex., for Roberts.

Donald S. Thomas, Donald S. Thomas, Jr., Austin, Tex., for Joseph.

Jack Paul Leon, San Antonio, Tex., for Kothman.

Wayne L. Hartman, Arthur L. Lapman, Victoria, Tex., for Dick.

Anthony J. P. Farris, U. S. Atty., James R. Gough, Asst. U. S. Atty., Houston, Tex., for plaintiff-appellee.

Virgil M. Wheeler, Jr., New Orleans, La., for amicus curiae.

Before RIVES, GODBOLD and GEE, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

On February 2, 1973, a jury found the five defendants guilty of conspiracy to operate an illegal gambling business and of the substantive offense of operating an illegal gambling business. (See 18 U.S.C. § 371 and § 1955.) The district court entered judgments of conviction on the jury's verdict. We discuss only two issues1 on appeal: (1) whether an irregularity in the order...

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