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UNITED STATES v. HORTON

No. 82-4208.

705 F.2d 1414 (1983)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Leon Cordell HORTON and Artis O'Dell Reed, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

May 16, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas E. Royals, court-appointed, Jackson, Miss., for Horton.

W.S. Moore, court-appointed, Jackson, Miss., for Reed.

James B. Tucker, Asst. U.S. Atty., Jackson, Miss., for U.S.

Before GEE, REAVLEY and HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judges.

GEE, Circuit Judge:

Horton and Reed, convicted by a jury at a joint trial of conspiracy to obstruct commerce by means of extortion in violation of the Hobbs Act,1 appeal. As we shall see, the evidence established that the two conspired and attempted to extort money from a number of large domestic corporations by poisoning their products and threatening to kill their officers and employees. Appellants' primary complaint to us is that their...

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