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UNITED STATES v. PEACOCK

Nos. 79-5238, 80-7087.

654 F.2d 339 (1981)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Hoyle Lamont PEACOCK, Vera Lee Peacock and Harvey Coleman Peacock, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 27, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas M. Flournoy, Jr., Columbus, Ga., for Hoyle and Vera Peacock.

John C. Swearingen, Jr., Columbus, Ga. (Court-appointed), for Harvey Peacock.

Edgar W. Ennis, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., Macon, Ga., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before RONEY, HILL and FAY, Circuit Judges.

JAMES C. HILL, Circuit Judge:

A jury found beyond a reasonable doubt that Harvey, Hoyle, and Vera Peacock were members of a criminal enterprise that engaged in arson, murder, mail fraud, and obstruction of justice in order to defraud certain insurance companies. The twenty-four count indictment charged the Peacocks with racketeering, 18 U.S.C. § 1962(c) [Count 1], mail fraud, 18 U.S.C. § 1341 [Counts 2-23], and obstruction of justice, 18 U.S.C. § 1510...

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