UNITED STATES v. LIGHTLE

No. 82-2477.

728 F.2d 468 (1984)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Billy L. LIGHTLE, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

February 29, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert K. McCune of Stipe, Gossett, Stipe, Harper, Estes, McCune & Parks, Oklahoma City, Okl., for defendant-appellant.

Susie Pritchett, Asst. U.S. Atty., Oklahoma City, Okl. (William S. Price, U.S. Atty., and James D. Bednar, Asst. U.S. Atty., Oklahoma City, Okl., on brief), for plaintiff-appellee.

Before McWILLIAMS and LOGAN, Circuit Judges, and COOK, District Judge.


LOGAN, Circuit Judge.

Defendant Billy L. Lightle, a former county commissioner in Kingfisher County, Oklahoma, appeals his conviction on forty-four counts of mail fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1341, three counts of extortion, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1951, and four counts of submitting false tax returns, in violation of 26 U.S.C. § 7206(1). Defendant's assertions on appeal are that (1) the trial court erred in denying defendant's motion for...

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