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U.S. v. STOKES

No. 90-1905.

944 F.2d 211 (1991)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Larry Jerome STOKES, Murrell Adams, and John Willie Anderson, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

September 24, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas L. Kesler, Columbus, Miss. (Court-appointed), for Stokes.

Jim Waide, Tupelo, Miss. (Court-appointed), for Adams.

Charles D. Easley, Jr. (Court-appointed), and James A. Walters, Jr. (for presentation of oral argument only), Columbus, Miss., for Anderson.

Charles W. Spillers, Asst. U.S. Atty. and Robert Q. Whitwell, U.S. Atty., Oxford, Miss., for the U.S.

Before REAVLEY, POLITZ and DUHE, Circuit Judges.

REAVLEY, Circuit Judge:

Appellants Larry Jerome Stokes, Murrell M. Adams and John Willie Anderson were convicted of using and conspiring to use threats of violence to collect an extension of credit in violation of 18 U.S.C. section 894. They appeal their convictions, challenging the applicability of section 894 to the facts of this case, and the sufficiency of evidence to prove an extension of credit. These appellants were wrongdoers, but they were prosecuted in the...

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