Legal Opinion
United States v. Edgar Jones, Mose Meade, German Stumbo, Kenneth Rowland and Teddy Kinney
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided July 11, 1985No. 84-5474, 84-5511, 84-5523, 84-5524 and 84-5525PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TIMBERS, Senior Circuit Judge.
Edgar Jones, Mose Meade, German Stumbo, Kenneth Rowland and Teddy Kinney appeal from judgments of conviction entered May 29, 1984 in the Eastern District of Kentucky, G. Wix Unthank, District Judge.
All appellants were convicted after a jury trial of one count of conspiracy to obstruct interstate commerce.by force and violence and of one count of extortion resulting in such obstruction, in violation of the Hobbs Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1951 (1982) (the Act). The extortion conviction arose from the bombing of mining equipment belonging to the Ray-Mac Coal Co. (Ray-Mac), a…
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