UNITED STATES v. STARKS

Nos. 74-1947, 74-1966 and 74-1967.

515 F.2d 112 (1975)

UNITED STATES of America v. Larry STARKS, Appellant in No. 74-1966, et al. Appeal of Alonzo ROBINSON, Appellant in No. 74-1947. Appeal of Donald Everett ABNEY, Appellant in No. 74-1967.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided April 21, 1975.

As Amended June 24, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. J. Curran, U. S. Atty., Donald F. Manno, Special Atty., U. S. Dept. of Justice, Marshall Tamor Golding, Atty., U. S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Thomas C. Carroll, Defender Association of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellant Alonzo Robinson.

Jack M. Myers, Zack, Myers & Atkinson, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellant Larry Starks.

Joel Harvey Slomsky, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellant Donald Everett Abney.

Before VAN DUSEN, GIBBONS and HUNTER, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

GIBBONS, Circuit Judge.

Following an investigation by the Philadelphia Office of the Justice Department's Special Strike Force, a grand jury named five men as defendants in a single count indictment charging them with violating the Hobbs Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1951.1 In a ten-day jury trial which ended on July 1, 1974, two of the five defendants were acquitted. The other three, appellants Alonzo Robinson,...

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