(DOWNLOAD) "United States v. Thevis" by Fifth Circuit United States Court Of Appeals * Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: United States v. Thevis
- Author : Fifth Circuit United States Court Of Appeals
- Release Date : January 11, 1982
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 95 KB
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Appellants Michael Thevis and Global Industries, Inc. (Global) were convicted by a jury of violating the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), 18 U.S.C. ? 1962. Thevis and appellants Anna Jeanette Evans and Alton Bart Hood were convicted of conspiracy to violate the civil rights of Roger Dean Underhill under 18 U.S.C. ? 241 by preventing him from testifying at trial. All appellants claim that the trial court erred in several evidentiary rulings, chiefly objecting to the trial courts admission of Underhills grand jury testimony as a hearsay exception under Fed.R.Evid. 804(b)(5) and the trial courts refusal to grant judicial use immunity to defense witness George Thevis. Appellants also claim that the trial court misconstrued RICO and incorrectly charged the jury; and appellants Thevis, Evans and Hood argue that the conspiracy charged under 18 U.S.C. ? 241 is not a crime. Finally, appellants Evans and Hood claim their trials should have been severed, and the evidence was insufficient to convict them of the conspiracy. For the reasons stated below, we affirm the convictions of all defendants.