U.S. v. BLACK

Nos. 94-1852, 95-1149 and 95-1187.

78 F.3d 1 (1996)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Jack BLACK, Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Herbert E. PLYMPTON, Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Jeffrey Harris LAVIGNE, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided February 27, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David A. Schechter, Margaret-Mary Hovarth and Law Offices of David A. Schechter, Providence, RI, on brief, for appellant Jack Black.

Charles J. Rogers, Jr., Providence, RI, on brief, for appellant Herbert E. Plympton.

Paul A. Dinsmore, Rumford, RI, on brief, for appellant Jeffrey Harris Lavigne.

Jeffrey Harris Lavigne, pro se.

Gerard B. Sullivan, Assistant United States Attorney, Sheldon Whitehouse, United States Attorney, and Margaret E. Curran, Assistant United States Attorney, Providence, RI, on briefs, for the United States.

Before BOUDIN, Circuit Judge, COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge, and ROSENN, Senior Circuit Judge.


BOUDIN, Circuit Judge.

Appellants Jack Black, Herbert Plympton and Jeffrey Lavigne were indicted in November 1993 and charged with conspiracy to steal and sell goods in interstate commerce, 18 U.S.C. § 371, and with various substantive crimes incident to the conspiracy. Also named in the indictment as co-defendants were the alleged ring-leader, Donald St. Germain, and two others: Raymond Wilbur and Joni Lynn Smith, who was Plympton's wife. All of the indicted...

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