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UNITED STATES v. WILLIAMS

No. 77-5007.

573 F.2d 348 (1978)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. William August Halm WILLIAMS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

May 22, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

P. Bruce Kirwan, Fed. Pub. Def., Atlanta, Ga., for defendant-appellant.

William A. H. Williams, pro se.

William L. Harper, U.S. Atty., Steven W. Ludwick, Howard J. Weintraub, Asst. U.S. Attys., Atlanta, Ga., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before TUTTLE, COLEMAN and CLARK, Circuit Judges.

COLEMAN, Circuit Judge.

For the second time, a jury has convicted William A. H. Williams of extortion, of using the mails to transmit an extortionate communication, and of using a firearm to commit a felony, 18 U.S.C., §§ 1951, 876, and 924(c). The District Court sentenced Williams to a period of observation and study, 18 U.S.C., § 4205(c). Thereafter, on all counts, the maximum penalty was imposed, running consecutively, for a total of forty years...

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