U.S. v. HICKS

No. 91-6272.

980 F.2d 963 (1992)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jimmy HICKS, Jerry Canty, and Latonya Moore, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 23, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Christopher Goldsmith, Houston, Tex., for Canty.

Dick DeGuerin, DeGuerin & Dickson, Houston, Tex., for Hicks and Moore.

D.R. Millard, III, James L. Turner, Paula C. Offenhauser, Asst. U.S. Attys., Ronald G. Woods, U.S. Atty., Houston, Tex., for U.S.

Before KING, JOHNSON and DUHÉ, Circuit Judges.


KING, Circuit Judge:

Appellants, passengers aboard a commercial airline flight from Jamaica to Houston, were convicted of "intimidating" members of the flight crew "so as to interfere with" the performance of their duties, in violation of 49 U.S.C.App. § 1472(j). Appellants raise a number of claims on appeal, most notably a first amendment challenge to § 1472(j). After carefully considering all their claims, we affirm.

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