U.S. v. WILLIAMS

No. 00-60587.

264 F.3d 561 (2001)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Robert Leslie WILLIAMS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 30, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James B. Tucker, Asst. U.S. Atty. (argued), Harold Hendricks Brittain and Richard Terrell Starrett, Asst. U.S. Attys., Jackson, MS, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Jeffery P. Reynolds (argued), Jackson, MS, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before HIGGINBOTHAM and BENAVIDES, Circuit Judges, and LITTLE, District Judge.


BENAVIDES, Circuit Judge:

Robert Leslie Williams ("Defendant"), a former City Councilman of the City of Jackson, Mississippi, appeals his conviction for conspiracy to commit extortion and solicitation of bribery payments relating to the renewal of Time Warner's contract to provide cable television in Jackson. Finding no reversible error in his conviction, we AFFIRM.

I. Factual and Procedural Background

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