UNITED STATES v. STEWART

No. 86-1316.

806 F.2d 64 (1986)

UNITED STATES of America v. George STEWART, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

November 26, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis J. Ruch, McBride, Ruch & Gontram, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellant.

Edward S.G. Dennis, Jr., U.S. Atty., Walter S. Batty, Jr., Asst. U.S. Atty., Chief of Appeals, Jeanne K. Damirgian, Asst. U.S. Atty., Philadelphia, Pa., for appellee.

Before ADAMS and HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judges, and COWEN, District Judge.


OPINION OF THE COURT

ADAMS, Circuit Judge.

This case arises out of the highly-publicized activities in 1985 of some residents of Southwest Philadelphia in reaction to the purchase of a home in the neighborhood by a black family. After a two-day jury trial in federal district court, the defendant, George Stewart, was convicted on March 27, 1986 of one count each of conspiring to violate the rights of United States citizens, 18 U.S.C. § 241, and of attempting...

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