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UNITED STATES v. BAKER

Nos. 79-5167 to 79-5169.

617 F.2d 1060 (1980)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Rudolph Condary BAKER, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Wilbur Robin PRIDGEN, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Wilbur Robin PRIDGEN, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided March 27, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David P. Ford, Shallotte, N. C. (John R. Hughes, Shallotte, N. C., on brief), John E. Clark, Wilson, N. C. (J. Russell Kirby, Wilson, N. C., on brief), Perry Martin, Rich Square, N. C., for appellant.

Jack B. Crawley, Jr., Sp. Asst. U. S. Atty., Raleigh, N. C. (George M. Anderson, U. S. Atty., Raleigh, N. C., Laura A. Lipsitz, Third Year Law Student on brief), for appellee.

Before HAYNSWORTH, Chief Judge, BUTZNER, Circuit Judge, and JONES, District Judge.

HAYNSWORTH, Chief Judge:

Pridgen, the Sheriff of Wilson County, North Carolina, was convicted of violating the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) statute, 18 U.S.C. § 1961 et seq., by arranging for the payment of bribes in return for protecting houses of prostitution from criminal investigation. He was also convicted, together with Baker, the operator of one of the houses of prostitution, of conspiring to violate the RICO legislation...

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