Legal Opinion
United States v. Larry Starks, in No. 74-1966 Appeal of Alonzo Robinson, in No. 74-1947. Appeal of Donald Everett Abney, in No. 74-1967
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided April 21, 1975No. 74-1947, 74-1966 and 74-1967PublishedCited by 206 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Before VAN DUSEN, GIBBONS and HUNTER, Circuit Judges. GIBBONS, Circuit Judge.
Following an investigation by the Philadelphia Office of the Justice Department’s Special Strike Force, a grand jury named five men as defendants in a single count indictment charging them with violating the Hobbs Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1951. 1 In a ten-day jury trial which ended on July 1, 1974, two of the five defendants were acquitted. The other three, appellants Alonzo Robinson, Larry Starks, and Donald Abney, were found guilty and received custodial sentences. They appeal, alleging numerous…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- United States v. FeolaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Callanan v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Crain v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- United States v. Larry KnohlCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1967
- United States v. CrimminsCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1941
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3Cited by206 opinions
- Abney v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Johnson v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1979
- United States v. PungitoreCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1990
- United States v. Milan Bagaric, Mile Markich, Ante Ljubas, Vinko Logarusic, Ranko Primorac, and Drago SudarCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1983
- United States v. DanskerCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1976
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