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UNITED STATES v. BROOKS

No. 85-4552.

786 F.2d 638 (1986)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Thomas Norman BROOKS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied June 2, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Boyce Holleman, Michael B. Holleman, Gulfport, Miss., for defendant-appellant.

James Tucker, Asst. U.S. Atty., George Phillips, U.S. Atty., Jackson, Miss., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before GEE, GARZA and HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judges.

PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:

Thomas Norman Brooks was convicted of conspiracy to violate 18 U.S.C. § 1951(a) (interference with commerce by threats or violence) by a jury in the district court for the Southern District of Mississippi, and was sentenced to nine years in the federal penitentiary. At the time of the alleged conspiracy, Brooks was President Pro Tem of the Mississippi Senate. On appeal, Brooks complains that the trial judge improperly restricted...

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