Legal Opinion
Raymond L. Buckelew and James Laney Jenkins v. United States of America, Judson Lee Drane v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 19, 1978No. 77-2405PublishedCited by 365 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GEE, Circuit Judge:
Appellants Buckelew and Jenkins were convicted under 18 U.S.C. § 1343 of using interstate telephone facilities in carrying out a scheme to defraud certain hotel casinos in Las Vegas, Nevada. They were also convicted of conspiring to violate section 1343, as was Judson Drane, whose appeal has been consolidated with theirs.
All three appellants petitioned the district court to set aside their sentences under 28 U.S.C. § 2255, alleging that the following errors occurred at their trial: (1) the trial judge frequently interrupted defense cross-examination with jokes, stories, and…
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