UNITED STATES v. CHAPMAN

No. 76-2851.

559 F.2d 402 (1977)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee Cross-Appellant, v. Bobby Joe CHAPMAN, Richard Melvin, Edward A. Coker, and Clark L. Darnell, Defendants-Appellants Cross-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

September 19, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William M. Ravkind, Jerry W. Biesel, Dallas, Tex., for defendants-appellants cross-appellees.

Michael P. Carnes, U. S. Atty., Fort Worth, Tex., Kenneth J. Mighell, Charles D. Cabaniss, Asst. U. S. Attys., Dallas, Tex., William W. Guild, Atty., John G. Truelson, Trial Atty., Tax Div., Dept. of Justice, Dallas, Tex., Michael J. Roach, Atty., Scott P. Crampton, Asst. Atty. Gen., Gilbert E. Andrews, Chief, App. Sect., Robert E. Lindsay, Tax Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C. for plaintiff-appellee cross-appellant.

Before TUTTLE, GOLDBERG and CLARK, Circuit Judges:


CLARK, Circuit Judge:

Bobby Joe Chapman and others1 were indicted on January 18, 1973, in the Northern District of Texas for conducting, managing, supervising, directing and owning an illegal gambling business in violation of 18 U.S.C.A. § 1955 (Supp.1977). Information concerning the gambling operations was in part acquired through court-ordered wiretaps, which in turn led to a search warrant that uncovered other evidence. The wiretap...

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