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UNITED STATES v. BLANTON

Nos. 81-5643, 81-5644 and 81-5645.

719 F.2d 815 (1983)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Leonard Ray BLANTON (81-5644), Clyde Edward Hood, Jr. (81-5645), James M. Allen (81-5643), Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided September 28, 1983.

Certiorari Denied March 19, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tyree B. Harris (argued), Dodson, Harris, Robinson & Aden, Nashville, Tenn., for Allen.

John S. McLellan, John S. McLellan, III, Alfred Knight (argued), Kingsport, Tenn., Neal P. Rutledge, Washington, D.C., for Blanton.

William R. Willis, Jr., Robert L. DeLaney, Alfred Knight, Nashville, Tenn., John S. McLellan (argued), Kingsport, Tenn., for Hood.

Joe B. Brown, U.S. Atty., Aleta Arthur, John Philip Williams (argued), Asst. U.S. Attys., Nashville, Tenn., for U.S.

Before EDWARDS, Chief Judge, LIVELY, ENGEL, KEITH, KENNEDY, MARTIN, JONES, CONTIE, KRUPANSKY and WELLFORD, Circuit Judges.

Certiorari Denied March 19, 1984. See 104 S.Ct. 1592.

GEORGE CLIFTON EDWARDS, Jr., Chief Judge.

In this case this circuit is required to review en banc the claims of the former Governor of Tennessee and two associates that they have been deprived of a fair jury trial. Their principal claim is that inadequate protective measures were employed by the trial judge in the jury selection process to guard them against the...

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