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U.S. v. HELMS

No. 88-1232.

897 F.2d 1293 (1990)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Carl Ray HELMS, Dennis Harris, Charles E. Vandervort, Shirley Harris and Paul Earl Briggs, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 26, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David C. Schick, Dallas, Tex. (court-appointed), for Carl R. Helms.

Carl R. Helms, La Tuna Tex., pro se.

Steve Sumner, Dallas, Tex. (court-appointed), for Dennis Harris.

Dennis Harris, Piedmont, Okl., pro se.

James A. Clark (argued), Ardmore, Okl., Samuel T. Foutz, Dallas, Tex. (court-appointed), for Vandervort.

Michael P. Gibson, Burleson, Pate & Gibson, Dallas, Tex., for Shirley Harris.

Vincent W. Perini, Dallas, Tex. (court-appointed), for Paul Briggs.

John D. Nation (argued), Dallas, Tex., for Helms, D. Harris & S. Harris.

William Brown, Washington, D.C., Marvin Collins, U.S. Atty., Dallas, Tex., Mervyn Hamburg, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Appellate Div., Crim. Div., Washington, D.C., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before WISDOM, JOHNSON, and DUHE, Circuit Judges.

JOHNSON, Circuit Judge:

The five appellants, Carl Helms ("Helms"), Dennis Harris, Shirley Harris, Paul Briggs ("Briggs"), and Charles Vandervort ("Vandervort"), were charged in a forty-two count indictment. Helms, Dennis Harris and Shirley Harris were convicted on the forty-one counts which were submitted to the jury. Briggs and Vandervort were convicted on some, but not all of the counts charged. Appellants raise numerous arguments on appeal. This Court affirms....

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