UNITED STATES v. STARNES

Nos. 80-1437, 80-1438.

644 F.2d 673 (1981)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Noble R. STARNES and Clifford Roland, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 20, 1981.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied April 21, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Julius L. Echeles, Jeffrey B. Steinback, Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellants.

Clifford J. Proud, Asst. U. S. Atty., East St. Louis, Ill., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before CUMMINGS and WOOD, Circuit Judges, and CAMPBELL, Senior District Judge.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied April 21, 1981.

HARLINGTON WOOD, Jr., Circuit Judge.

Defendants Noble Starnes and Clifford Roland appeal from a jury verdict that found them guilty of violating 18 U.S.C. § 1962(d), a provision of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO). The indictment charged that Starnes and Roland violated RICO by conspiring to engage in a pattern of racketeering in connection with a scheme to commit arson...

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