United States v. Pike

THORNBERRY, Circuit Judge:

Seven appellants challenge their federal gambling convictions. See 18 U.S.C. § 1955. All appellants argue that the district court’s dismissal of count one of the indictment, charging a conspiracy, required dismissal of count two of the indictment, which set out the substantive gambling offense. Appellants Clinton Lewis Pike, Ozane Smith, and Robert Mace Lee challenge the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain their convictions. Appellant Lee further attacks the admission of evidence seized in a search of his automobile pursuant to a warrant procured by local law…