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UNITED STATES v. BEASLEY

No. 75-4373.

545 F.2d 403 (1977)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Noble C. BEASLEY, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 7, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan Shapiro, Boston, Mass. (Court appointed), for defendant-appellant.

Charles S. White-Spunner, U. S. Atty., E. T. Rolison, Jr., William R. Favre, Jr., Asst. U. S. Attys., Mobile, Ala., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before RIVES, GEWIN and MORGAN, Circuit Judges.

LEWIS R. MORGAN, Circuit Judge:

Appellant Noble C. Beasley appeals his conviction for violation of the Hobbs Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1951, which makes unlawful a conspiracy to obstruct, delay, and affect interstate commerce through extortion.1 On August 17, 1973, the Government obtained an indictment that charged Noble Beasley, James Finley, Walter Clewis, and Maynard (Ricky) Williams with conspiring, from April, 1970 to February 1973, to...

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