UNITED STATES v. IRVIN

No. 85-8370.

787 F.2d 1506 (1986)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Wilson Hopson IRVIN, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

April 28, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter Zack Geer, Albany, Ga., for defendant-appellant.

Edgar W. Ennis, Jr., Asst. U.S. Atty., Macon, Ga., Marie E. Klimesz, Wm. Bradford Reynolds, Jessica Dunsay Silver, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civ. Rights Div., Washington, D.C., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before GODBOLD, Chief Judge, ANDERSON, Circuit Judge, and ATKINS, Senior District Judge.


ATKINS, Senior District Judge:

Appellant, Wilson Hopson Irvin, was convicted under 18 U.S.C. § 241 of conspiracy to violate the civil rights of Jerry Johnson. Irvin seeks reversal because, after two trials, his three alleged co-conspirators were acquitted. He urges a violation of the teaching of Herman v. United States, 289 F.2d 362 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, 368 U.S. 897...

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