UNITED STATES v. PARTIN

Nos. 75-3615, 75-3792, 75-4010 and 75-4155.

552 F.2d 621 (1977)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Edward Grady PARTIN, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Harold SYKES, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. O. Romaine RUSSELL, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Don MARIONNEAUX and Hugh Marionneaux, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied July 5, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Minos Simon, Lafayette, La., for defendant-appellant in No. 75-3615.

James A. McPherson (Court-appointed), New Orleans, La., for defendants-appellants in Nos. 75-3792 and 75-4155.

Milton P. Masinter, New Orleans, La., for defendant-appellant in No. 75-4010.

Donald E. Walter, U. S. Atty., Shreveport, La., Douglas M. Gonzales, U. S. Atty., Stephen A. Mayo, Asst. U. S. Atty., Baton Rouge, La., for plaintiff-appellee in Nos. 75-3615, 75-3792, 75-4010 and 75-4155.

James D. Carriere, Asst. U. S. Atty., New Orleans, La., for plaintiff-appellee in Nos. 75-3615, 75-3792 and 75-4155.

Before MORGAN and HILL, Circuit Judges, and NOEL, District Judge.


LEWIS R. MORGAN, Circuit Judge:

Defendant-appellants Partin, Russell, and Sykes were convicted in three separate trials, and Don and Hugh Marionneaux in a fourth, of conspiring to obstruct the due administration of justice.1 Because the conviction of each defendant was based on the same three count indictment, and because some of the appeals involve common issues, we consolidated the appeals for argument

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