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U.S. v. COBB

Nos. 89-5628, 89-5630, 89-5631 and 89-5636.

905 F.2d 784 (1990)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Thomas Edward COBB, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ronald Bradley HATCHER, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Howard Steven SEARS, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Larry Dale KEATON, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided June 12, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hunt Lee Charach, Acting Federal Public Defender, Charleston, W.Va., for defendants-appellants.

Linda Frances Thome, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for plaintiff-appellee.

Mark D. Moreland, South Charleston, W.Va., Robert B. Allen, Charleston, W.Va., Kevin B. Burgess, Oak Hill, W.Va., on the brief, for defendants-appellants.

James P. Turner, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., Jessica Dunsay Silver, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., Michael W. Carey, U.S. Atty., Charleston, W.Va., on the brief, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before ERVIN, Chief Judge, and HALL and CHAPMAN, Circuit Judges.

K.K. HALL, Circuit Judge:

Thomas Edward Cobb, Ronald Bradley Hatcher, Howard Steven Sears, and Larry Dale Keaton, all former law enforcement officers, appeal from their convictions for depriving Kenneth Wayne Pack of his civil rights by wilfully subjecting him to an excessive use of force, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 242; and for obstruction of justice, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1512(b)(3). Keaton also appeals from a separate conviction for witness tampering...

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