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UNITED STATES v. McLAURIN

Nos. 75-3364, 75-3387.

557 F.2d 1064 (1977)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Irby McLAURIN, a/k/a "Pop", "Jesse Earl Jackson", and "Lonnie", and Marilyn Williams, a/k/a "Tator Britches", Defendants-Appellants. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Herbert Lee CHRISTOPHER, Leon "Boe" Christopher, Herbert Lee Bryant, Willie Lee "Henry Lee Bell" Parker, Gerald Alexander "Sweetback" Christie, Eddie Lee Wright, Mable Horne, Dorothy Mae "Zip" Hamilton, Patricia Ann "Pat" Williams, Marsha Davis, Nelson James Franklin, and John Christopher, Jr., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied October 11, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lynwood F. Arnold, Jr., (Court-appointed), Tampa, Fla., for Williams.

Irby McLaurin, pro se.

William A. Patterson, (Court-appointed), St. Petersburg, Fla., for Irby McLaurin.

Martin N. Strelser, (Court-appointed), Tampa, Fla., for Herbert Lee Christopher.

Charles J. O'Connor, (Court-appointed), Tampa, Fla., for Leon Christopher.

John J. Chamblee, Jr., (Court-appointed), Tampa, Fla., for Herbert Lee Bryant.

Elvin L. Martinez, (Court-appointed), Tampa, Fla., for Willie Lee Parker.

James V. Caltagirone, (Court-appointed), Tampa, Fla., for Gerald Christie.

Edgar C. Watkins, Jr., (Court-appointed), Tampa, Fla., for Eddie Lee Wright and Nelson James Franklin.

Harley E. Riedel, II, (Court-appointed), Tampa, Fla., for Mable Horne.

Dennis G. Diecidue, (Court-appointed), Tampa, Fla., for May Hamilton.

Allan C. Watkins, (Court-appointed), Tampa, Fla., for P. A. Williams and Marsha Davis.

John L. Briggs, U. S. Atty., Jacksonville, Fla., Alan J. Sobol, Sidney M. Glazer, Atty., S. Michael Levin, Special Asst. U. S. Atty., Strike Force Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., L. Eades Hogue, Tampa, Fla., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before JONES, COLEMAN and TJOFLAT, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied October 11, 1977.

TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge:

This appeal comes to us following a five-week trial in Tampa, Florida, during the summer of 1975. When the dust had settled, fifteen defendants found themselves convicted of various federal offenses as a result of their participation in an apparently lucrative commercial enterprise specializing in prostitution.1 From this conviction,

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