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UNITED STATES v. WHITT

No. 82-2213.

718 F.2d 1494 (1983)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James Louis WHITT, aka Jim Whitt, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied February 17, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gene Stipe, Stipe, Gossett, Stipe, Harper, Estes, McCune & Parks, McAlester, Okl. (Anthony M. Laizure, McAlester, Okl., also on brief), for defendant-appellant.

Gary L. Richardson, U.S. Atty., Muskogee, Okl. (Scott Landon, Asst. U.S. Atty., Muskogee, Okl., also on brief), for plaintiff-appellee.

Before HOLLOWAY, McWILLIAMS and SEYMOUR, Circuit Judges.

HOLLOWAY, Circuit Judge.

Defendant-appellant James Whitt brings this timely appeal from his conviction on thirty counts of mail fraud and three counts of extortion, 18 U.S.C. §§ 1341 and 1951 respectively. This prosecution was one of many that resulted from an extensive investigation by the F.B.I., the I.R.S., and the United States Attorneys for Oklahoma. The focus of the investigation was the payment to some county commissioners of kickbacks, i.e.,<...

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