U.S. v. USELTON

No. 90-5387.

927 F.2d 905 (1991)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Johnny USELTON, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided March 13, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Gill, Jr., U.S. Atty., Office of the U.S. Atty., Knoxville, Tenn., Curtis L. Collier, Asst. U.S. Atty. (argued), Office of the U.S. Atty., Chattanooga, Tenn., for plaintiff-appellee.

Leonard Mike Caputo (argued), Phillips & Caputo, Chattanooga, Tenn., for defendant-appellant.

Before NELSON, Circuit Judge, WELLFORD, Senior Circuit Judge, and MEREDITH, District Judge.


WELLFORD, Circuit Judge.

Appellant Johnny Uselton, former sheriff of Marion County, Tennessee, was indicted for an alleged conspiracy to violate the Hobbs Act (Count One), and four substantive counts of attempted Hobbs Act violations in Counts Two through Five.1

The conspiracy count alleged that between November 1988 and July 1989, Uselton conspired with known and unknown persons to obtain for his personal use money from Ealion...

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