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UNITED STATES v. STRATTON

Nos. 78-5586, 78-5589.

649 F.2d 1066 (1981)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Harry O. STRATTON, William D. Riggs and Loy Z. Harrell, Defendants-Appellants. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Samuel S. SMITH, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Unit A

As Modified on Denial of Rehearing and Rehearing October 5, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry W. Meshaw, Jr. (Court-appointed), Atlantic Beach, Fla., for Stratton.

Richard L. Brown (Court-appointed), Boca Raton, Fla., for Riggs.

Daniel D. Richardson (Court-appointed), Jacksonville, Fla., for Harrell.

John J. Daley, Jr., Curtis S. Fallgatter, Asst. U. S. Attys., Jacksonville, Fla., John F. Depue, Appellate Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for plaintiff-appellee.

James L. Harrison, Jacksonville, Fla., for defendant-appellant Smith.

Before GOLDBERG, AINSWORTH and GARZA, Circuit Judges.

As Modified on Denial of Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc October 5, 1981.

GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge:

We are faced today with what is both substantively and procedurally a rara avis in the covey of federal cases. A Florida state court judge — a man charged with upholding our nation's laws — together with his bailiff and two other individuals, has been convicted of converting his office into a nest of bribery and corruption. During the trial...

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