U.S. v. ROACH

Nos. 06-6266, 06-6298, 06-6564.

502 F.3d 425 (2007)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James Wendell ROACH (06-6266/6564) and Patrick James Sheldon (06-6298), Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: September 11, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Nikki C. Pierce, Federal Defender Services, Greeneville, Tennessee, S. Joanne Sheldon, Newport, Tennessee, for Appellants. M. Neil Smith, Assistant United States Attorney, Greeneville, Tennessee, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Nikki C. Pierce, Tim S. Moore, Federal Defender Services, Greeneville, Tennessee, S. Joanne Sheldon, Newport, Tennessee, for Appellants. M. Neil Smith, Assistant United States Attorney, Greeneville, Tennessee, for Appellee.

Before: GILMAN and GRIFFIN, Circuit Judges; ACKERMAN, District Judge.


OPINION

RONALD LEE GILMAN, Circuit Judge.

In 2006, a jury convicted former Newport, Tennessee Police Officer James Wendell Roach of depriving two Hispanic men of their civil rights under color of law, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 242, and convicted former Newport, Tennessee Police Officer Patrick James Sheldon of being an accessory after the fact, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 3. Roach was sentenced to 10 months of imprisonment and Sheldon was given...

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