Legal Opinion
United States v. Douglas W. Albert, Bennard D. Jackson, Gilbert Gonzalez, Jesse C. Smith, John J. Davis and Richard Y. Garcia
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 21, 1979No. 76-2560, 76-4350PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GODBOLD, Circuit Judge:
The defendants were charged in an eight-count indictment with conspiring to deprive United States citizens of guaranteed rights, 18 U.S.C. § 241, depriving persons of property without due process of law and under color of state law, 18 U.S.C. § 242, and filing false income tax returns, 26 U.S.C. § 7206(1). Each was convicted by a jury on one or more counts. 1 All appeal. We affirm all convictions.
The facts
All defendants were members of the Narcotics Division of the Houston Texas Police Department. The evidence at trial supported the following version of the facts. In…
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