UNITED STATES v. STOTTS

No. 85-4681.

792 F.2d 1318 (1986)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Michael Jeffrey STOTTS, James Poole, Jack Segura, and Wilfred Fabiano, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied July 31, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Julie Ellen Cullen, (court-appointed), Opelousas, La., for Poole.

Ceceila Ann Bonin, (court-appointed), New Iberia, La., for Segura.

Patricia A. Thomas, (court-appointed), Abbeville, La., for Fabiano.

Jack T. Edmund, Bartow, Fla., for Stotts.

Joseph S. Cage, U.S. Atty., Dosite H. Perkins, Asst. U.S. Atty., Shreveport, La., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before WILLIAMS, JOLLY and HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judges.


JERRE S. WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:

Michael Stotts, Jack Segura, James Poole, and Wilfred Fabiano were convicted on several counts of extortion in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 876, and an additional count of conspiracy to commit extortion in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 371, 2. Appellants claim that a number of motions for severance were improperly denied, a motion for mistrial was improperly denied, evidence was improperly admitted during the trial, and the...

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