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UNITED STATES v. BLANTON

No. 85-8737.

793 F.2d 1553 (1986)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Robert H. BLANTON, III, Jerome Banks and Clyde Daigle, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

Rehearings and Rehearing Denied September 2, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lee Sexton, Jonesboro, Ga. (Court-appointed), for Blanton.

John O. Ellis, Jr., Federal Public Defender, Atlanta, Ga., for Banks and Daigle.

James W. Kesler, Asst. U.S. Atty., Atlanta, Ga., Sara Criscitelli, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Crim. Div., Washington, D.C., for the U.S.

Before JOHNSON and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges, and GARZA, Senior Circuit Judge.

Rehearings and Rehearing En Banc Denied September 2, 1986.

CORRECTED OPINION

JOHNSON, Circuit Judge:

Fassbinder observed that there are occasions when "fear eats the soul."1 In this case the appellants sought to use the fear of workplace disruption, by themselves and others, as a means to extort from an employer peace payments through a complex, on-going conspiracy. The trial court concluded that the fear-inducing conduct...

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