U.S. v. KING

Nos. 86-5646/5647/5648/5672/5674.

834 F.2d 109 (1987)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Doyle D. KING (86-5646), Kenneth H. Colliver (86-5647), John M. Poppas (86-5648), Robert Allen Johnson (86-5672), and Dallas Howard Barnett (86-5674), Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided November 25, 1987.

Rehearing Denied February 4, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William R. Garmer (argued), Savage, Garmer and Elliott, Lexington, Ky., for Doyle D. King.

Louis DeFalaise, U.S. Atty., Robert Rawlins (argued), Asst. U.S. Atty., Lexington, Ky., for plaintiff-appellee.

James A. Shuffett (argued), Lexington, Ky., for Kenneth H. Colliver.

David R. Irvin (argued), Bulleit, Kinkead, Irvin, Reinhardt, Lexington, Ky., for John M. Poppas.

Blake Page (argued), Winchester, Ky., for Robert Allen Johnson.

R. Burl McCoy, Michael D. Baker, John K. West (argued), Lexington, Ky., for Dallas Howard Barnett.

Before MARTIN, WELLFORD and MILBURN, Circuit Judges.


BOYCE F. MARTIN, Jr., Circuit Judge.

Doyle King, Kenneth Colliver, John Poppas, Robert Johnson, and Dallas Barnett challenge their convictions for operating an illegal gambling business involving five or more people in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1955.1 They argue that the district court erred in instructing the jury that one contact between a layoff man2 and a gambling operation is sufficient to include...

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