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U.S. v. BOX

No. 93-1674.

50 F.3d 345 (1995)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. David Lowayne BOX, John Byron Yarbrough, and Leroy Eugene Burch, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 11, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerhard Kleinschmidt (court appointed), Ft. Worth, TX, for Box.

Allan K. Butcher (court appointed), Fort Worth, TX and David Richards (for argument only), Arlington, TX, for Yarbrough.

Davis McCown (court appointed), Ft. Worth, TX, for Burch.

Delonia A. Watson, Asst. U.S. Atty., Richard H. Stephens, U.S. Atty., Frank D. Able, and Ronald C.H. Eddins, Asst. U.S. Attys., Ft. Worth, TX, for appellee.

Before REYNALDO G. GARZA, DeMOSS and BENAVIDES, Circuit Judges.

BENAVIDES, Circuit Judge:

David Lowayne Box, a bail bondsman, Leroy Eugene Burch, former Sheriff of Wise County, and John Byron Yarbrough, former Chief Deputy Sheriff, were convicted of one count of conspiracy to interfere with interstate commerce by extortion and various substantive counts of extortion, all in violation of the Hobbs Act. The offense conduct included a scheme designed to extort money (through bonds and fines...

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