UNITED STATES v. NETTLES

No. 77-5315.

570 F.2d 547 (1978)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James Orris NETTLES and Emory Robinson, Jr., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 31, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph M. Ripley, Jr., Jacksonville, Fla., (Court-appointed) for Nettles.

Giles P. Lewis, Jacksonville, Fla., for Robinson.

John L. Briggs, U. S. Atty., Manuel Menendez, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., Jacksonville, Fla., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before COLEMAN and FAY, Circuit Judges, and KING, District Judge.


FAY, Circuit Judge:

Appellants James Orris Nettles and Emory Robinson, Jr. were indicted by a federal grand jury in Jacksonville, Florida, along with fifteen others. The indictment charged Robinson in Count One with conducting an illegal gambling business, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1955 (1970),1 and in Count Four with conspiracy to obstruct local law enforcement officials with the intent...

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