U.S. v. PRYBA

Nos. 88-5001 to 88-5004.

900 F.2d 748 (1990)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Dennis E. PRYBA, Defendant-Appellant, PHE, Inc., Amicus Curiae. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Barbara A. PRYBA, Defendant-Appellant, PHE, Inc., Amicus Curiae. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. EDUCATIONAL BOOKS, INC., Defendant-Appellant, PHE, Inc., Amicus Curiae. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jennifer G. WILLIAMS, Defendant-Appellant, PHE, Inc., Amicus Curiae.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided April 9, 1990.

As Amended May 1, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul J. Cambria, Jr. (Cherie L. Peterson, on brief), Lipsitz, Green, Fahringer, Roll, Schuller & James, Buffalo, N.Y., (Plata Cacheris, Cacheris & Towey, on brief, Washington, D.C.), for appellants.

William Graham Otis, Lawrence J. Leiser, Asst. U.S. Attys. (Henry E. Hudson, U.S. Atty., on brief), Alexandria, Va., for appellee.

Donald B. Verrilli, Jr., David W. Ogden, Bruce J. Ennis, Jenner & Block, Washington, D.C., for amicus curiae.

Before RUSSELL, WIDENER, and CHAPMAN, Circuit Judges.


CHAPMAN, Circuit Judge:

Following a jury trial, appellants were convicted of various offenses relating to the sale of obscene video tapes and obscene magazines. Dennis E. Pryba and Barbara A. Pryba, husband and wife, were each convicted of one count of violating 18 U.S.C. § 1962(a) (participating in a pattern of racketeering activity); one count of violating 18 U.S.C. § 1962(c) (employed by a criminal enterprise engaged in racketeering activities); one count...

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