U.S. v. HARTBARGER

Nos. 97-2324, 97-2387, 97-3851.

148 F.3d 777 (1998)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Stephen HARTBARGER, Lonnie Hartbarger, and Phillip W. Lafary, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided June 25, 1998.

Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing Denied July 20, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Judith A. Stewart, Office of the United States Attorney, Miriam R. Eisenstein (argued), Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Appellate Section, Indianapolis, IN, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

William E. MArsh (argued), Indiana Federal Community Defenders, Inc., Indianapolis, IN, for Stephen Hartbarger.

Bruce D. Brattain (argued), Brattain, Minnix & Young, Indianapolis, IN, for Lonnie R. Hartbarger.

Kevin McShane (argued), McShane & Gordon, Indianapolis, IN, for Phillip W. Lafary.

Before POSNER, Chief Judge, CUMMINGS and KANNE, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing En Banc Denied July 20, 1998.*

CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.

The government charged defendants Stephen Hartbarger, Lonnie Hartbarger, and Phillip Lafary with various crimes associated with the burning of a cross on the property of an interracial couple and their children. Specifically, the indictment charged defendants with (1) conspiring to interfere...

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