UNITED STATES v. SCALLION

No. 74-4246.

533 F.2d 903 (1976)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Claude John SCALLION, Raymond Lynn Buckelew, James Laney Jenkins and Judson Lee Drane, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearings Denied August 27, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas W. Davenport, Jr., Monroe, La., for Scallion.

Thomas L. Robinson, Memphis, Tenn. (Court-appointed), for Buckelew & Jenkins.

Michael T. Pulaski, Alexandria, La. (Court-appointed), for Drane.

Donald E. Walter, U. S. Atty., Joseph S. Cage, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., Shreveport, La., Michael W. Farrell, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before BROWN, Chief Judge, and THORNBERRY, Circuit Judges, and MILLER, Associate Judge.


MILLER, Associate Judge:

Appellants Buckelew, Jenkins, and Scallion were convicted in federal district court under 18 U.S.C. § 1343 of using interstate wire facilities (telephone) in carrying out a scheme to defraud certain Las Vegas, Nevada, hotel casinos. They were also convicted, along with James W. Graves, under 18 U.S.C. § 371 of conspiracy to violate 18 U.S.C. § 1343 involving the same scheme.1 Appellant Drane was...

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