UNITED STATES v. WEBSTER

Nos. 79-5204 and 79-5240 to 79-5246.

669 F.2d 185 (1982)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Walter R. WEBSTER, a/k/a Gangster, a/k/a Mr. G, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Walter R. WEBSTER, a/k/a Gangster, a/k/a Mr. G, a/k/a G, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Richard ADAMS, a/k/a Mr. Richard, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Norma THOMPSON, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Boysie ASH, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Victoria WILLS, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. John V. CHRISTIAN, a/k/a Wolf, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Herbert Leon JOHNSON, a/k/a Herb, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided January 14, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry Jay Myerberg, Baltimore, Md. (Harold I. Glaser, Lawrence A. Arch, George L. Russell, Jr., Kenneth L. Thompson, Howard L. Cardin, Benjamin Lipsitz, Baltimore, Md., Mark Lee Phillips, Stanley H. Miller, Baltimore, Md., on brief), for appellants.

David B. Smith (Russell T. Baker, Jr., U. S. Atty., Glenn L. Cook, D. Christopher Ohly, Asst. U. S. Attys., Baltimore, Md., on brief), for appellee.

Before WINTER, Chief Judge, and BUTZNER and MURNAGHAN, Circuit Judges.


MURNAGHAN, Circuit Judge:

Our earlier decision, in United States v. Webster, 639 F.2d 174 (4th Cir. 1981) has been set down for rehearing by the panel. The rehearing has concentrated on the interpretation we had made of 18 U.S.C. § 1962(c) (part of the RICO statute).

The desire for variety should be indulged with caution and restraint when explaining the meaning and reach of a statute. It would have been far preferable...

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