UNITED STATES v. McKENZIE

Nos. 83-1221, 84-1507 and 84-1508.

768 F.2d 602 (1985)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. John E. McKENZIE, Dale Bonura and Stephen Farrar, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 31, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph Capitelli, New Orleans, La., for McKenzie.

Ralph S. Whalen, Jr., New Orleans, La., for Bonura and Farrar.

William R. Yeomans, Wm. Bradford Reynolds, Walter W. Barnett, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civ. Rights Div., Appellate Sect., Washington, D.C., for the U.S.

Before CLARK, Chief Judge, RANDALL, and JONES, Circuit Judges.


CLARK, Chief Judge:

Defendants appeal their convictions under 18 U.S.C. § 241 for conspiring to deprive citizens of their civil rights and under 18 U.S.C. § 2 and § 242 for illegally depriving Robert Davis of his liberty and for failing to keep Davis free from harm while in official custody. We affirm.

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Defendants are officers of the New Orleans Police Department. In 1980 a fellow officer...

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