UNITED STATES v. BARBIERI

Nos. 78-1447, 78-1448.

614 F.2d 715 (1980)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Michael J. BARBIERI, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Wayne ELLIOTT, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

February 1, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David M. Johnson, of Hayes & Heisler, Clayton, Mo., for defendant-appellant Michael J. Barbieri.

Robert J. Turner, of Turner, Turner & Green, Oklahoma City, Okl., for defendant-appellant Wayne Elliott.

Teresa M. Black, Asst. U. S. Atty., Oklahoma City, Okl. (with Larry D. Patton, U. S. Atty. and Susie Pritchett, Asst. U. S. Atty., Oklahoma City, Okl., on the brief), for plaintiff-appellee.

Before SETH, Chief Judge, BREITENSTEIN and McKAY, Circuit Judges.


McKAY, Circuit Judge.

Defendant Barbieri is the imaginative author of an elaborate scheme aimed at achieving a national monopoly in the prostitution industry. Although Barbieri's plan was described as "infalable [sic] and he thought it over and there was nothing illegal about forming a Hookers' Union [that was] going to take over the whole country," Record, vol. 7, at 242, Barbieri and a companion, Elliott, met with some difficulties in implementing it. Their...

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