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UNITED STATES v. VIGI

Nos. 74-1748 to 74-1750.

515 F.2d 290 (1975)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Orlando James VIGI, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Betty ERDMAN et al., Defendants-Appellants. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Dave PALMER and Nick Frank Flowery, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

April 30, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Roberts, William J. Richards, John W. Tapp, Detroit, Mich., for defendants-appellants Erdman, Flowery, Palmer and others.

James K. O'Malley, Pittsburgh, Pa., for defendant-appellant Vigi.

Ralph B. Guy, U. S. Atty., Detroit, Mich., Judith A. Metzner, Marc Philip Richman, Crim. Appellate Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before LIVELY and ENGEL, Circuit Judges, and MILES, District Judge.

LIVELY, Circuit Judge.

Five of the appellants in this case were convicted by a jury of violating 18 U.S.C. § 371 by engaging in a conspiracy to conduct a gambling business which was illegal under Michigan law, and of the substantive offense of conducting such a business in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1955. The other appellant, Betty Erdman, was convicted on the conspiracy count but was acquitted of the substantive charges. Three codefendants were acquitted...

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