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UNITED STATES v. BEASLEY

No. 74-1339.

513 F.2d 309 (1975)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Noble C. BEASLEY and James H. Finley, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

May 23, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph Kennamer, Mobile, Ala. (Court appointed), for Beasley.

Vernon Z. Crawford, Mobile, Ala., Jonathan Shapiro, Boston, Mass., for Finley.

C. S. White-Spunner, U. S. Atty., Irwin W. Coleman, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., Mobile, Ala., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before GOLDBERG and RONEY, Circuit Judges, and GROOMS, District Judge.

GROOMS, District Judge:

Appellants, Finley and Beasley, were indicted with Walter C. Clewis and Maynard H. Williams for conspiring to interfere with interstate commerce by extortion in violation of the Hobbs Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1951.1 The jury found appellants guilty but acquitted Clewis and Williams. The indictment alleges that between April 15, 1970, and February 15, 1973, that each of the appellants conspired with the co-defendants...

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