Hugh Ansley v. Leroy Stynchcombe, Sheriff

DYER, Circuit Judge:

Ansley was convicted by a jury on the second count of a two count indictment, charging that he aided and abetted Petree, an Alderman of the City of Atlanta, in unlawfully influencing legislative action. Under instructions from the State trial judge, the same jury simultaneously adquitted Ansley on count 1, which charged that he aided and abetted Petree in the solicitation of a bribe. The Georgia Court of Appeals affirmed Ansley’s conviction, and both the Georgia Supreme Court and the United States Supreme Court denied certiorari. Ansley v. State, 1971, 124 Ga.App. 670, 185…