UNITED STATES v. BROWN

No. 75-2482.

555 F.2d 407 (1977)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Lonnie M. BROWN, Robert L. Newsome, James B. Finney, Julian E. Seymour, Jr., and Benjamin Clyde Cranford, Jr., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied August 24, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

S. Phillip Brown, Macon, Ga. (Court-appointed), for Brown.

Frank K. Martin, Columbus, Ga., for Seymour.

Benjamin M. Garland, Macon, Ga. (Court-appointed), for Newsome.

Harry F. Thompson, Macon, Ga., for Cranford.

D. L. Rampey, Jr., Elberton, Ga., for Finney.

Ronald T. Knight, U.S. Atty., O. Hale Almand, Jr., Atty., Macon, Ga., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before GODBOLD and TJOFLAT, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied August 24, 1977.

TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge:

The appellants, former officers of the Macon, Georgia, police department, were charged in a three count indictment with protecting various vice-related activities in violation of several provisions of the Organized Crime Control Act of 1970 (the Act).1 They were convicted following a jury trial in May 1975.2 In this appeal...

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