United States v. Gene Francis Newby and Raynaldo Barber. Gene Francis Newby (Appellant in No. 92-5711). Raynaldo Barber (Appellant in No. 92-5712)

OPINION OF THE COURT

COWEN, Circuit Judge.

Gene Francis Newby and Raynaldo Barber appealed from the sentences imposed by the district court as well as the underlying judgments convicting them of knowingly and willfully impeding and interfering with a federal prison guard in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 111(a)(1). Barber was also convicted of assaulting a federal prison guard in violation of section 111(a)(1). We conclude that the district court did not err and will affirm both the judgments of conviction and the sentences imposed.

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While serving sentences in a federal prison, Newby and Barber…