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U.S. v. FORBES

No. 86-3530.

816 F.2d 1006 (1987)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ella Louise FORBES and Lillie Mae Berry, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 29, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald R. Johnson, Baton Rouge, La., (court-appointed), for Ella Louise Forbes.

Richard M. Upton, Baton Rouge, La. (court-appointed), for Berry.

Ian F. Hipwell, Asst. U.S. Atty., Stanford O. Bardwell, U.S. Atty., Baton Rouge, La., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before GARZA, WILLIAMS, and GARWOOD, Circuit Judges.

GARWOOD, Circuit Judge:

The jury convicted defendants-appellants Lillie Mae Berry and Ella Louise Forbes of acting together to intercept a government benefits check addressed to Forbes' brother, Jackie Harrell, and to forge an endorsement on the check in an attempt to cash it. 18 U.S.C. §§ 2, 371, 495 & 1702. Both appellants argue that the prosecutor's peremptory challenges to three black venirepersons violated their equal protection and Sixth Amendment...

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